Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers
by Isaac Taylor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Harris and Son, 1822. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's original boards with printed illustrations to upper and lower covers and a maroon spine with gilt fillets. Moderately rubbed and darkened, worn at head, tail and joints, nonetheless showing well and holding firm and square. Contents tidy and clean and typically age toned, not showing any pen-marks save a neat old former owner name and note at the endpaper, which is slightly parting, but not excessively, hence the hinges are tight and secure. Size: 12mo (170mm x 110mm); collation: pp. viii, 120, iv (adverts), complete with an engraved folding map at the front, a wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. Thus a very good copy of a scarce work in its original state.
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- Bookseller
- Prior Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128299
- Title
- Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers
- Author
- Isaac Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- J. Harris and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Weight
- 1.25 lbs
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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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.