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LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS IN THAT COUNTRY; by Madame C________ De La B____With a Preface by W.H. Prescott
by Calderon De La Barca, Frances Erskine (Marchioness), [and] a Preface by W.H. Prescott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Chapman and Hall, 1843. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo. Smooth calf boards (8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.) gilt ruled border, with repeating leaf design stamped within. Four raised bands to spine (five compartments) with contrasting title label in dark red, with gilt lettering. Gilt designs to raised bands, and gilt chainlink design to spine caps. Marbled edges. Lovely marbled endpapers of Midnight blue, pale blue, with white, red and yellow veining.
Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities, particularly spine. Evidence of past rebacking.
Previous owner's name and date ( Elizabeth Gregor, 1844). Begins with Glossary of Spanish or Mexican words.book comprises fifty-four letters. [xiv], 437 pp., [3]. "The present work is the result of observations made during a two-year's residence in Mexico, by a lady, whose position there made her intimately acquainted with its society, and opened to her the best sources of information...It consists of letters written to members of her own family, and, really, not intended orignally -- however incredible the assertion, -- for publication.
Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities, particularly spine. Evidence of past rebacking.
Previous owner's name and date ( Elizabeth Gregor, 1844). Begins with Glossary of Spanish or Mexican words.book comprises fifty-four letters. [xiv], 437 pp., [3]. "The present work is the result of observations made during a two-year's residence in Mexico, by a lady, whose position there made her intimately acquainted with its society, and opened to her the best sources of information...It consists of letters written to members of her own family, and, really, not intended orignally -- however incredible the assertion, -- for publication.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86425
- Title
- LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS IN THAT COUNTRY; by Madame C________ De La B____With a Preface by W.H. Prescott
- Author
- Calderon De La Barca, Frances Erskine (Marchioness), [and] a Preface by W.H. Prescott
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- Mexico. Travel and Exploration, Nineteenth Century travel accounts
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Octavo
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