PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON
by Eisen, Gustavus
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1932. 1932 Eisen, Gustavus PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON NY: Robert Hamilton & Associates, 1932 #245/300 copies signed by the author 3 volumes xxxii, 1023pp, index Pages partially uncut 256 illustrations, photographs from Washington portraits, 15 photogravures with tissue guards, 2 color plates with tissue guards, numerous drawings within the text Folded broadside with tipped-on reproduction of a portrait of the author by Wilford S Conrow and an appreciation by Professor AT Olmstead inserted in volume 1 after the signature page 4to Forest green leather over beige cloth stamped in gold, spine elaborated decorated in gilt, aeg As new, probably never read 3 volume leatherbound hardcover set in publisher's slipcase with only minor rubbing and wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83152
- Title
- PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON
- Author
- Eisen, Gustavus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- AMERICANA
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Columbia, Missouri
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
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Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.