Buffalo Land: An Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West (1872 Edition)
by Webb, W.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. Used - Good. 1872. Hardcover. DEcorated cloth. Octavo. 503 pp. Noticeable shelf wear and scuffing to boards, with heavy chipping tearing to head of spine and along joints, moderate fraying to tail of spine. Penciled notations to rear of ffep, previous owner's stamp to front flyleaf. Both hinges cracked. Pages toned. Altogether a very sound working copy. Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- C64326
- Title
- Buffalo Land: An Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West (1872 Edition)
- Author
- Webb, W.E
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...