Magic Spades, the Romance of Archaeology
by Magoffin, R. V. D.; [and] Emily C. Davis
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 348 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in black cloth. The binding is worn and dust-stained. Spotting to the fore edge, and the top edge is dust-stained. Inner hinges are secure, and there is a tear near the gutter on the leaf comprising the half title and frontis. Text is a bit toned.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041940
- Title
- Magic Spades, the Romance of Archaeology
- Author
- Magoffin, R. V. D.; [and] Emily C. Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- 1929; R. V. D. Magoffin; Emily C. Davis; Archaeology; Archeology.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...