Recollections of a Varied Career.
by Draper, William F
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1909, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 411 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in olive green cloth with lettering in gilt. This is an ex-library copy with full marks. The binding is a bit cocked and shows several spots and stains. Library stamps within. Although a bit cocked, this is still a fairly sound copy. The inner hinges are secure, and the text block is solid; the text is unmarked. A good reading copy.
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Details
- Seller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11586
- Title
- Recollections of a Varied Career.
- Author
- Draper, William F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1909
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...