New York:J. C. Derby, 1855. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:J. C. Derby. 18553 312pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blind stamped boards soiled and shelfworn, with chipping and fraying to spine ends and wear to edges, with edge points worn to boards. Gilt on front cover and spine strip dulled. Internally end pages age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures,  with smudges and light foxing scattered throughout.  A few of the pages have small margin tears or creasing at top edge.  The binding is tight and hinges intact.  

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Bookseller: Parnassus Book Service (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26321
Title: THE WIDE-AWAKE GIFT: A KNOW-NOTHING TOKEN FOR 1855
Author: One of "EM"
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York:J. C. Derby
Date Published: 1855
Keywords: AMERICANA; COLLECTION; KNOW NOTHING PARTY;

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Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.

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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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Spine Strip: The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.