The National Reader; a Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed to Fill the Same Place in the Schools of the United States That is Held in Those of Great Britain
by Pierpont, John
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co., 1835. Original full calf leather, gilt title and label, (7.5 x 4.75 inches). 276 pages. Pierpont's fourth reader. Provenance: Gift inscription in Spencerian hand, "Presented to James M. Monroe by a Friend" on front free endpage. Showing some expected wear, internally clean and tight. Leather. Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005932
- Title
- The National Reader; a Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed to Fill the Same Place in the Schools of the United States That is Held in Those of Great Britain
- Author
- Pierpont, John
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Carter, Hendee, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Early American School Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...