THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA : FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE WESTERN WORLD TO THE PRESENT DAY [Three volumes]
by Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854; Woodward, B. B. (Bernard Bolingbroke), 1816-1869
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Virture, Yorston and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Octavo, Three volumes (iv, 698 pages ; 720 pages ; 726 pages). In Fair plus condition. Ex-library with library labels on front pastedowns and call number on title pages. Spines are brown with gold print, raised bands. Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and brown cloth to boards, gold print. Wear to spine caps, corners and edges worn and exposed, blemishes, shelf wear. Text blocks have red-speckled edges. Cracked hinges, stains, surface tears, and tanning to endpapers, light foxing to plates and adjacent pages. Illustrated: engraved frontispieces and plates. Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume column.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1375094
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA : FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE WESTERN WORLD TO THE PRESENT DAY [Three volumes]
- Author
- Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854; Woodward, B. B. (Bernard Bolingbroke), 1816-1869
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Virture, Yorston and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Half Bound
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...