THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE containing THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS of the Second Session of the [37th] CONGRESS [5/6/62 - 6/23/62]
by Rives, John C. 07f
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FAIR book. Spine, in part, reads: "Part 3", pages 1921 to 2880.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington: Congressional Globe Office. FAIR book. Spine, in part, reads: "Part 3", pages 1921 to 2880.. 1862. 1st edition. Hardcover. FAIR book. Half leather, marbled paper boards. Tight text block no loose leaves. Text lightly aged & foxed. 11"x9", about 1000pp . Gilt lettered spine reads: "Congressional Globe PART 3 2nd Sess, 32nd CONG". 62 page index at front of book. No loose pages or soiling but moderate aging & foxing. Cover edges & extrems worn. Upper hinge holding only by the cords. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002797
- Title
- THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE containing THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS of the Second Session of the [37th] CONGRESS [5/6/62 - 6/23/62]
- Author
- Rives, John C. 07f
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book. Spine, in part, reads: "Part 3", pages 1921 to 2880.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Congressional Globe Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- FAIR book. Half leather, marbled paper boards. Tight text block no, loose leaves. Text lightly aged & foxed. 11"x9", about 1000pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- civil war;
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....