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The Commerce of the Prairies by Josiah Gregg
by Quaife, Milo M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley. Near Fine. 1926. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover in dark green cloth, frontis with tissue guard, bright gilt lettering on spine, gilt lines and logo, top edge gilt, faint shelfwear, else NFINE+ in clear mylar wrap. A beauty! Includes a fine folding map. Gregg's recollections of the Santa Fe trail in early 1800s. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26399
- Title
- The Commerce of the Prairies by Josiah Gregg
- Author
- Quaife, Milo M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Gregg's Travels; Santa Fe Trail
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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