THE WIT AND HUMOR OF COLONIAL DAYS. 1607 - 1800.
by Holliday, Carl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1912. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo (approx.5 1/8" wide by 7 5/8" tall) brown cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration. Spine titles a bit dulled but top cover gilt is very nice and bright. 320 pages. Index. With a bookplate of Harrison Hayford on front free endpaper; another former owner name on front paste-down endpaper. Light bump on bottom edge of cover, else Very Good. 092715C
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018222
- Title
- THE WIT AND HUMOR OF COLONIAL DAYS. 1607 - 1800.
- Author
- Holliday, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...