THE POCKET MANUAL; NUMBER THREE. A COMPEND OF THE CHOICEST GLEANINGS FOR THE PRACTICAL AND THE CURIOUS. AN INDISPENSABLE VEST POCKET COMPANION FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
by McMinn, Rev. Edwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: W. H. Thompson, 1884. "In the present volume the course of life, with its needs at various stages, has been considered. From the cradle to the grave the gamut is run, and something either useful or entertaining provided." 256 pp. Blue pebbled covers with gilt title lettering on front cover. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges and joints rubbed, wear to cover faces, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Red page edges. Slightly cocked spine. Interior is tight and clean. Book is VG-.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". Reference.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006858
- Title
- THE POCKET MANUAL; NUMBER THREE. A COMPEND OF THE CHOICEST GLEANINGS FOR THE PRACTICAL AND THE CURIOUS. AN INDISPENSABLE VEST POCKET COMPANION FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
- Author
- McMinn, Rev. Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- W. H. Thompson
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Manual, Education, Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference Resource; Education;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4"
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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....