Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn for 1860-1861
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn: George C. Bennett, Printer, 1860. First Edition. Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 19 by 12.5 cm. 333 pp. With frontis fold-out diagram of Common Council Chamber. Condition: gilt on spine faded. Spine darkened somewhat. Moderate wear to boards. Light dampstaining on borders of many leaves. Otherwise moderate age toning, yet clean. Inscribed name on FFEP of William Schroeder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007480
- Title
- Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn for 1860-1861
- Format/Binding
- Blindstamped Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George C. Bennett, Printer
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 1860
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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...