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Encyclopedia of American Biography, Compiled Under the Editorial Supervision of a Notable Advisory Board.
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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New York: Published under the direction of the American Historical Company, 1939. First edition thus. Quarto (11" x 8"), 523 pages, with illustrations from portraits. Publisher's three-quarter crushed black morocco & blue cloth, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in four compartments. Text in two columns. Top edge gilt.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, cloth with a few light scratches, corners a bit bumped, gift inscription at front free endpaper, sporadic minor foxing, otherwise Very Good.
An attractive leather binding housing concise biographies & portrait illustrations of prominent Americans. Beginning in 1931, the American Historical Company published similar volumes of this title over several years, each profiling different persons.
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- Librería
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1624
- Título
- Encyclopedia of American Biography, Compiled Under the Editorial Supervision of a Notable Advisory Board.
- Autor
- Notable Advisory Board
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Three-quarter morocco
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Published under the direction of the American Historical Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1939
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- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Biography, Prominent Americans, Fine Binding
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography, Autobiography; American History; Fine Binding;
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
