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AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF DEER ISLE, MAINE, WITH NOTICES OF ITS SETTLERS AND EARLY INHABITANTS
by George L. Hosmer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Stanley and Usher, 1886. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 8 in. 292 pp. Brown cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; front cover has some rubbing, corners bumped, wear and mild loss to corners and spine ends. BInding tight. Endpapers a bit foxed, text clean, PO's name on ffep. Maine. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48412
- Title
- AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF DEER ISLE, MAINE, WITH NOTICES OF ITS SETTLERS AND EARLY INHABITANTS
- Author
- George L. Hosmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Stanley and Usher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maine;
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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