CULTURED MEXICO: An Unknown Land to North Americans
by Collins, Rev. Michael D
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: M. H. Wiltzius Company (1921) 304 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled w/ blue staining to rear cover. Light foxing to edges of text block. SIGNED BY REV. MICHAEL D. COLLINS ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Rear inner hinge starting. Edges of leaves a bit age toned.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20965WHCSAM
- Title
- CULTURED MEXICO: An Unknown Land to North Americans
- Author
- Collins, Rev. Michael D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- M. H. Wiltzius Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO SALTILLO CLANDESTINES CATORCE SAN LUIS POTOSI DOLORES HIDALGO QUERETARO MEXICAN RAILROADS HUERTA MEXICO CITY POLITICS GOVERNMENT CLERGY RELIGION TRANSPORTATION RAILWAYS TRAINS LOCOMOTIVES SOCIAL HISTORY SO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Religion; Politics; Social History; Transportation Trains-TRR;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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