Details
Accession number 8178.F
Title The illustrated American biography
Author Jones , A. D. (Abner Durmont)
Publisher New York : J. M. Emerson & Co.
Date 1853-1855
Dimensions 27 cm x 20 cm x 4 cm
Call number Am 1853 Jon
Binding type full cloth
hollow back
Sewing pattern 3-on
Sewing supports 4 cords
Sewing stations 6
Kerfs yes
First text attachment inside
glued
frayed
Text attachment 4 cords
Reinforcing strip no
Spine lining yes, crash
Waste sheet yes, full
Bookcloth color blue
Bookcloth grain code Lea9
Bookcloth grain name coarse cord (6-7 ribs/cm.)
Bookcloth type Grained
Board construction laminated
Board thickness 2 mm
Endpapers burnished
Endpaper structure single folio - tipped
Endpaper color salmon
Front board decoration gold stamped
title on front cover
Back board decoration brasses identical to front
blind stamp
Spine decoration gold stamped
Titling ornament with integrated title
Text edges trimmed - gilt
Endbands striped cloth
Advertisements yes, ad for Damrell and Moore, bookbinders "...thus connecting in the same concern printing and binding, the only one of the kind in new england."
Dated inscriptions front fly
Inscription text "...1861"