Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, Volume 1 only (of 2)
by Duyckinck, Evert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Johnson & Miles. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1873. Hardcover. Volume 1 only. New York: Johnson & Miles, (1873). 11" x 8.5". 640pp. Title page and 45 engraved portraits, with biographies. Rebound in full black buckram, gilt letters, all edges of text block gilt. Binding very good (secure, spine ends bit worn, brief break in lower front joint), Portrait of Samuel Johnson foxed and corner chipped, engraved title foxed, nearly all of the other portraits free of foxing or have minor spots in margins. Some of engraved portraits: George Washington, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Horatio Nelson, Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Napoleon, Robert Fulton, Duke of Wellington, Robert Burns, Charlotte Corday. ; 11 X 8.5 inches .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14018
- Title
- Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, Volume 1 only (of 2)
- Author
- Duyckinck, Evert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Publisher
- Johnson & Miles
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Art, Engraved Portraits, Americana
Terms of Sale
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Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
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