The Violet, A Christmas and New Year's Gift.
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 250pp. Contemporary red roan or morocco with blind fillet borders. Within, a stylized floral border, also in blind. In a central cartouche, an arabesque design in gilt and blue. Repeated on the lower cover. Spine also follows same pattern. All edges gilt. With six engravings after designs by Gilbert, hand-colored.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2407
- Title
- The Violet, A Christmas and New Year's Gift.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d.
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About the Seller
Sam Gatteno Books
Biblio member since 2007
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
About Sam Gatteno Books
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Glossary
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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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...