[Canvassing Book:] The Story of Mexico: Complete-Authoritative-Up-to-Date
by Charles Morris
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Boston: McLean, Black & Co., Inc. (1914). [62]pp., illustrated. 9 x 6¼ inches. Pictorial cloth with gilt titling; sample spine imprinted on rear cover. Spine sunned; some mottling to covers; soft creasing (binder's creases?) to a good number of leaves and plates; very good.
One of a few canvassing books with content dedicated to Mexico and the Mexican Border War (1910-1919), and as they go, this effort is profusely illustrated. There are 34 leaves of plates, each illustrated recto and verso, and a color map. The final published text was well over 300-pages.
Details
- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3731440
- Title
- [Canvassing Book:] The Story of Mexico: Complete-Authoritative-Up-to-Date
- Author
- Charles Morris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
Terms of Sale
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.