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THE REPUBLIC OR THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE ADMINISTRATIONS, (18 VOLUME SET) From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times
by John Robert Irelan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago Illinois: Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Co.. Good+. 1887-1888. Hardcover. ; Very rare. 18 volume set. Half brown morocco leather bound covers with 4 raised bands and brown pebbled boards are worn at extremities with chipping to a couple of the spine strips and damp damage to the boards of volume IV but overall in good+ condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Gilt pages edges all the way around are scuffed but bright. Marbled end sheets and paste downs clean, bright, and glossy. Frontispieces of the presidents protected by tissue. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13629
- Title
- THE REPUBLIC OR THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE ADMINISTRATIONS, (18 VOLUME SET) From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times
- Author
- John Robert Irelan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago Illinois
- Date Published
- 1887-1888
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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