The American Wanderer, Through Various Parts of Europe, in a Series of Letters to a Lady, (interspersed with a Variety of Interesting Anecdotes.)
by A Virginian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lincoln City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: B. Smith. Good with no dust jacket. 1783. Full-Leather. Leather is scuffed, worn at the corners & edges. Cover is chipped at the rear by the upper spine. Slices in the leather, by a knife it appears. Some pages are proud of the rest, but the binding is tight. Rear end paper missing, and rear hinge cracked inside. Exterior not cracked, and spine label present. A few dog-ears, but the pages are "very good."; 4x7" .
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- Bookseller
- Robert's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7132
- Title
- The American Wanderer, Through Various Parts of Europe, in a Series of Letters to a Lady, (interspersed with a Variety of Interesting Anecdotes.)
- Author
- A Virginian
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. Smith
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1783
- Keywords
- Travel, History, Americana, London, France, Paris
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About the Seller
Robert's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lincoln City, Oregon
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- Jacket
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- Spine Label
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- Tight
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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