The Life of George Washington
by SPARKS, Jared
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1852. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xix,[1],562pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, two leaves of plates including facsimile. Corners bumped, spine cloth rather sunned, minor foxing to plates, else Very Good and sound. See HOWES 816 for the first (1839) edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42604
- Title
- The Life of George Washington
- Author
- SPARKS, Jared
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1852
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...