American Adventures: A Second Trip "Abroad at Home"
by Street, Julian, Illustrated by Morgan, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co., 1917. Cloth. Fair to Good (see description)/No jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 681pp Account of travels through the American South. Divided into The Borderland, the Heart of the South, Farthest South. Drawings of homes, both humble and grand, with insight into Southern society in the early part of the 20th century, commentary on mores, food, and living style. (Note: corners bumped, soiled, still tight edition.). Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5551
- Title
- American Adventures: A Second Trip "Abroad at Home"
- Author
- Street, Julian, Illustrated by Morgan, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- TRAVEL, AMERICA, SOUTHERN STATES MORGAN, WALLACE
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.