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Travel Sketches in the Old World
by Aykroyd, Woodruff K
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Company, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Woodruff K. Aykroyd. Hardcover/ no DJ; VG+ condition. Appears to be First Edition, c. 1931 (same year on title page); 1st printing- no note of further ones. 12 x 9"" 61 pages of architectural sketches of lesser known European sites & street scenes. Pages are 4 sided; illustrated on 2 exterior sides, uncut at top, 2 interior sides are blank- first rate production standards. Brown cloth binding w/ tan spine is bright & square w/ just a bit of rubbing & edge wear; a faint hint of sunfade (almost missed this) to part of covers where book was next to another one- v. minor. NO fray or scuffs. All lettering crisp & intact- copy displays very well. Vintage pictorial bookplate (sailing ship silhouette) inside front cover- to me, adds to copy's appeal. Endpapers & text are tight, glossy white, clean, unmarked. NO hinge splits, NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy. Interesting subject matter, well rendered & presented.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 399
- Title
- Travel Sketches in the Old World
- Author
- Aykroyd, Woodruff K
- Illustrator
- Woodruff K. Aykroyd
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas S. Rockwell Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1931
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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