Didsbury: Published by the Author at this Home, 1906. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated with many black and white photos. 392 pages. Tall heavy 8vo, red cloth with gilt pictorial stamping, beveled edges, top edge gilt (spine lightly sunned). Didsbury: Published by the Author at this Home, 1906. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> New Hampshire Historical Society bookplate on front attached endpaper, and faint ghost of label at foot of spine.<br/><br/>

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Bookseller: Argosy Book Store (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 274988
Title: Pilgrimages to Old Homes
Author: MOSS, Fletcher
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Published by the Author at this Home
Place of Publication: Didsbury
Date Published: 1906

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....
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...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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...