A Century Of American Diplomacy; Being A Brief Review Of The Foreign Relations Of The United States 1776-1876
by Foster, John W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, c. 1900. Tenth Impression. HB. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, xiii, 497 pp., TEG. With 5 color maps. Owner's name front pastedown, no other marks in book, binding tight. Pages largely unopened. Covers clean with gilt bright, very light edge wear. Book condition VG.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HO7071
- Title
- A Century Of American Diplomacy; Being A Brief Review Of The Foreign Relations Of The United States 1776-1876
- Author
- Foster, John W
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Tenth Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin And Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- c. 1900
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- History;
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- New
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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
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