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Elegant Narratives
por Various
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Reading Copy/None
- Livreiro
-
Winfield, Illinois, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Hardcover book with 24 Narratives. The African Servant tells the story of a boy looking for sea shells by the shore when white sailors take hime and he never sees his mother or father again. He is taken to Jamaica where he is sold to an American who keeps him in his house as his servant. Three years before this Narrative he is resold to a new "massa" a Captain of a ship. It tells of his conversian to Christianity in order to go to heaven. This book is only a reading copy. It is heavily foxed with damp staining but no smells. No date but research shows it was published circa 1850. There is an ownership inscription date June 18th, 1865 in pencil on the ffep with a previous ownership removed. The front hinge is cracked. The book is complete but a couple of sections have detached from the top to middle strings. The spine is very cocked with the endcaps very worn. The corners and bottom edge is also worn. The cloth has tears along the edge of the backstrip. Personalization in pencil from Ohio on back end page with a line of advice inside back cover. Block type illustration at the beginning of each story. Book is religious in nature.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- booksnvintage
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 1013
- Título
- Elegant Narratives
- Autor
- Various
- Ilustrador
- Illustrations on the first page of each narrative.
- Formato/Encadernação
- See photos
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Reading Copy
- Condição de sobrecapa
- None
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- assumed first
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- American Tract Society
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- circa 1850 (Ownership date on FF
- Páginas
- 24 Narratives, see contents photo
- Dimensão
- About 7 1/2 x 4 3/4
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- American Tract Society
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Antiques & Collectibles; Literary Collection; Religion;
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
booksnvintage
Membro de Biblio desde 2008
Winfield, Illinois
Sobre booksnvintage
booksnvintage is an on-line bookseller that specializes in more contemporary books that are hard to find, first editions, educational, or in some way special. A picture is worth a thousand words which is why the majority of my listings have at least one photo.
Glossário
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
