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The Land of Rip Van Winkle
de A.E.P. Searing
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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Warwick, New York, United States
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Putnam, New York, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ANNIE ELIZA PIDGEON SEARING. The Land of Rip Van Winkle, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884. Quarto, first edition, pp. xii, 147, four-panel frontispiece panorama, blue cloth boards with elaborate gilt, black and red decoration, all edges gilt, illustrated, with a charming gift inscription on a front blank (see photo). The author, a Vassar graduate, "tells in a pleasant conversational style the story of a summer tour through the Catskills, and relates many romantic legends connected with the mountain region," according to the Vassar Miscellany of October 1885. "The book is illustrated by numerous engravings." Artists include Joseph Lauber and Charles Volkmar. Condition of this book: Overall good and sound, significant rubbing at corners and spine ends; scattered foxing, stains to covers. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54119. .
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- Librería
- Rarities etc.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 54119
- Título
- The Land of Rip Van Winkle
- Autor
- A.E.P. Searing
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Putnam
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1884
- Palabras clave
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Travel & Places. A.E.P. Searing The Land of Rip Van Winkle
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
