The Family Tourist: or a Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent;Embracing an Account of Their Situation-Origin-Plan-Extent--Inhabitants-Manners-Customs-Dress-Amusements-Occupations-Public Institutions-Works-Edificies, &c.
by Goodrich, Charles A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: Philemon Canfield, 1839. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 552pp. Full calf, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top half of spine missing, boards edgeworn, scattered foxing throughout most heaveily first 20 pages, endpapers stained, owner's name on front endpapers a couple of small tears in text. Although the contents are partially foxed, the book is still in very readable condition. Author's remarks on the western hemisphere from Quebec through the eastern United States into Mexico and South America. 20 full page engravings.
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- Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003963
- Title
- The Family Tourist: or a Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent;Embracing an Account of Their Situation-Origin-Plan-Extent--Inhabitants-Manners-Customs-Dress-Amusements-Occupations-Public Institutions-Works-Edificies, &c.
- Author
- Goodrich, Charles A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Philemon Canfield
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Sightseeing Tourism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Geography;
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
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- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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