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Green-Wood Cemetery: A History of the Institution from 1838 to 1864
por Nehemiah Cleaveland
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente
- Livreiro
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: Anderson & Archer, 1866. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1866 1st edition of this mid 19th century history of Brooklyn's legendary Greenwood Cemetery. Unusually clean and tight in its gilt-decorated, pebbled dark-green boards, with crisp gilt-titling and decorative blindstamping and rule along the spine and rear panel respectively. An easily Near Fine copy. Tall quarto, all edges bright gilt. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind, and with all of the original tissue-guards in place and protecting the 18 lovely engravings. The sharpest copy this bookseller has seen.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 22612
- Título
- Green-Wood Cemetery: A History of the Institution from 1838 to 1864
- Autor
- Nehemiah Cleaveland
- Formato/Encadernação
- Decorative Boards
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Anderson & Archer
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1866
- Palavras-chave
- rare cemetery histories, rare New York, famous new York cemeteries, rare Americana
- Catálogos de livreiros
- New York;
Termos da venda
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
Sobre Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
