London: Macmillan & Co, 1882 A Lovely Book, Inscription On Half Title Page Dated 1886 Otherwise Unmarked. Slightly Shaken Sewn Binding With Cracking Between Pages 80-81 But All Pages Still Attached. Gilt Block Edges Still Bright. Green Cloth Covered Boards With Stamped Leaves And Characters Under Some Mistletoe, All Stamping Gilt. Spine Likewise Is Gilt, Slightly Faded. Spine Ends Bumped And Tail Wearing. Free Corners Bumped. Illustrations All Present, Designed By Randolph Caldecott And Engraved By J.D.Cooper.

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Bookseller: Westside Stories (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 904340
Title: Old Christmas From The Sketch Book Of Washington Irving
Author: Irving, Washington
Illustrator: Caldecott, Randolph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Fourth Edition
Publisher: Macmillan & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1882
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Keywords: Washington Irving Vintage Caldecott Christmas

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Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...