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Christmas in America: The Parson's Miracle and My Grandmother's Grandmother's Christmas Candle
by Butterworth, Hezekiah
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1894. 12 mo size cloth spine under hardcover boards which are trompe l'oil style wood grain. Cameo style gilt frame surrounds laid in color illustration on front cover. Gilt titles and decorations on cover are bright. Sepia or brown colored illustrations throughout. 32 heavyweight, glossy pages with single color illustrations on almost every page. Author Hezekiah Butterworth (1839-1905) wrote more than 70 books, most for young adults, many of them with religious themes. He also wrote for many periodicals and was assistant editor as Youth's Companion magazine. He may be best known for the Zigzag Series of books for boys, published by the same publisher as this volume. Corners and head and heel of spine worn, edgewear and small bump to back board. Penciled price and fingermarks on fep. Binding is cracked at title page and book is shaken. There are finger or smudge marks on the borders of many pages. There is a very, very light waterstain on the far margin of bottom corners. Publisher's blemish to inside margin between pages 16 and 17 and to the top of page 14 and 15. We note a wrinkled corner to the top of page 9 and a half inch tear on the top of page 11. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002735
- Title
- Christmas in America: The Parson's Miracle and My Grandmother's Grandmother's Christmas Candle
- Author
- Butterworth, Hezekiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- christmas; Antiquarian; Parson's Miracle; Grandmother's Grandmother's Christmas Candle; Christmas in America;children's; Fiction; Holiday;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Antiquarian;
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Newton, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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