The Present, or A Gift for the Times / F.A. Moore

Name/Title

The Present, or A Gift for the Times / F.A. Moore

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.17

Description

192 p. Two added ornamental title-pages, one in color, one in gold.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Gift books., 1850s

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Book Details

Editor

F.A. Moore

Publisher

R. Moore

Place Published

City

Manchester

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1850

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

An 1850's gift book bound in dark brown cloth. Gilt stamped with a central classical urn with bird and flowers, surrounded by floral and geometric stamping within a triple ruled border on front and rear boards. Elaborate gilt stamping to spine. All edges gilt.