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Occidental Sketches
by Truman, Major Ben C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: San Francisco News Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in gilt. Inscribed to the 2nd ffep by Truman. Board edges rubbed/bumped. Boards slightly soiled. Ffep creased. Glue bubbling at endpages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212+ ads pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38405
- Title
- Occidental Sketches
- Author
- Truman, Major Ben C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- San Francisco News Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1881
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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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
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