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Indian Battles: With Incidents in the Early History of New England. Containing Thrilling and Stirring Narratives...The Life and Exploits of Capt. Miles Standish...
by White, Henry
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. W. Evans & Co., 1859. First edition, 1859. Externally worn. Popular history of New England including its first European settlement; the French and Indian Wars; story of Miles Standish; King Phillips' War; the Revolutionary War; more. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, 428 pages. Covers chipped at the extremities, especially at the spine ends, front hinge partially cracked but cover well attached, text block sound with no loosened pages, pages lightly foxed but generally clean, name in pencil on preliminary blank.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016266
- Title
- Indian Battles: With Incidents in the Early History of New England. Containing Thrilling and Stirring Narratives...The Life and Exploits of Capt. Miles Standish...
- Author
- White, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. W. Evans & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NEW ENGLAND HISTORY POPULAR FRENCH INDIAN WARS KING PHILLIP MILES STANDISH MAYFLOWER
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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