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History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, from 1633 to 1883
de Henry Webb Dunshee
- Usado
- good
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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New York: Aldine Press, 1883. Good. New York: Aldine Press, 1883. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; xx + 283pp, including index. Brick-brown cloth with black stamped rules on front and back panels; gilt lettering on spine. Three portraits printed on stiffer card bound in, including one of Dunshee, author of the historical review which constitutes the first portion of the volume. A few small historical engravings in opening documentary pages. Tipped in fold-out map of lower Manhattan precedes textblock.
Boards worn at edges and sides of spine; top of spine is missing about 1/4 inch of cloth. Spine rolled. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and erasure mark on front left endpaper. Initial fold-out map repaired at some point with tape; has additional small, unrepaired tear. Back hinges splitting, Binding starting to crack after first third of textblock. Pages evenly tanned but no sign of foxing. Last page has newspaper clippings covering school's anniversary celebrations pasted in.
The textual history of the school--"the oldest school in New York"--fills pages 1-96. The remaining 180+ pages are tables and lists of enrollees, leaders, scholars, etc., with a final section of addresses given during various anniversary and alumni gatherings.
Boards worn at edges and sides of spine; top of spine is missing about 1/4 inch of cloth. Spine rolled. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and erasure mark on front left endpaper. Initial fold-out map repaired at some point with tape; has additional small, unrepaired tear. Back hinges splitting, Binding starting to crack after first third of textblock. Pages evenly tanned but no sign of foxing. Last page has newspaper clippings covering school's anniversary celebrations pasted in.
The textual history of the school--"the oldest school in New York"--fills pages 1-96. The remaining 180+ pages are tables and lists of enrollees, leaders, scholars, etc., with a final section of addresses given during various anniversary and alumni gatherings.
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- Librería
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001466
- Título
- History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, from 1633 to 1883
- Autor
- Henry Webb Dunshee
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Aldine Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1883
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
Sobre Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. 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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
