Proverbial Philosophy
by Martin Farquhar Tupper
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co., 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2. 383 pages, all edges gilt. Private library pasted in. Six pages loosening at their lower end and protrude less than 1/8 inch. Beautiful red cloth boards, beveled. Highly decorated with embossing, black and gilt. A very impressive front and spine, indeed! No date but looks like 1865 or so. VERY GOOD++
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Details
- Bookseller
- You Little Dickens (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 090212a0006
- Title
- Proverbial Philosophy
- Author
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- General
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
You Little Dickens
Biblio member since 2014
Milwaukie, Oregon
About You Little Dickens
I retired in late 2011 and have been selling vintage and antique books from my home in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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....