Boston. Little, Brown and Co. 1900. Bound in full gilt ruled grain morocco, with decorative gilt tooling to front cover. Gilt -tooled raised bands . Gilt titles. Gilt-tooled internal fleural dentelles. Pictorial endsheets. 12mo. Illustrated with colour frontis and monochrome line drawings. Front hinge starting but firm, sunning to spine and portions of front cover, else a Very Good copy.Lovely.

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Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5419
Title: The Pilgrim Shore
Author: Garrett, Edmund H
Format/Binding: Bound in full gilt ruled grain morocco, with decorative gilt tooling to front cover. Gilt -tooled raised bands . Gilt titles. Gi
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Place of Publication: Boston.
Date Published: 1900.
Size: 12mo.

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Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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....
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...