- Seller Inventory #: 009849
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Illustrator: Illustrated
- Edition: Early Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1895
- Keywords: AMERICAN STATESMEN
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895. Early reprint. Blue buckram, gilt titles and decoration. American Statesmen series. 387, 373 pp. With fold-out map in folder to rear of Volume I. Library markings to spine, bookplate, pocket. Fraying to top of spine of vI (less on vII) with a short tear to cloth. Map has repaired tear to rear. Good.. Early Reprint. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Antique ex-library.
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. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
buckram : A cloth made of cotton or linen which is used to cover a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
