Edinburgh, United Kingdom: William Paterson, 1884. 1st Scottish printing. Blue bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn though sl dull to rear bd at spine edge where wax hax stuck to neighbouring book) bright Gilt top edge, Black eps, pp 288 not bound with publishers list. Tight and very bright with very odd fox spot to pages at ends.. Re-Issue. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Ariel Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6213
Title: Our Old Home : A Series of English Sketches
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Re-Issue
Publisher: William Paterson
Place of Publication: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1884
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: Leamington Spa. Oxford. Thames.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
BDS: Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.