Ferdinand De Soto: The Discoverer of the Mississippi
by Abbott, John S.C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1873 351 pp.; HB. Ex-lib w/ stamps, donation slip pasted in, pocket and date due slip, Dewey numbers spine. Pages: generally clean, bright, generally tight, great 2-page frontis of Native Americans dancing, yellow eps; cocked, ffep missing, a.e. tanned. Cover: red silk, elaborate stamping in gilt and black front/spine, reverse titles to spine block; substantial shelfwear, extremities worn through, stained, pen tracing of title on spine. Well read and worn.
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Details
- Seller
- Independent Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 012681
- Title
- Ferdinand De Soto: The Discoverer of the Mississippi
- Author
- Abbott, John S.C
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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Independent Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.