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PANAMA and the SIERRAS: A Doctor's Wander Days (1st ed)
by Lydston, G Frank 01d
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG book, no DJ. FINE text. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. 6Guns 1374.
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Riverton Press. VG book, no DJ. FINE text. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. 6Guns 1374.. 1900. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Blue cloth with gilt lettering & decoration. Bright front cover gilt, that on spine faded a bit. 8"x5", 283pp . Spine tops 1/8" frayed, other extrems with very minor wear. Back board with minor sizing damage. Two page illustration list. FLAWLESS text block. Tight, book stays closed when stood n its spine. A good sign of having been read with care, if at all. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001516
- Title
- PANAMA and the SIERRAS: A Doctor's Wander Days (1st ed)
- Author
- Lydston, G Frank 01d
- Illustrator
- full page plates from photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, no DJ. FINE text. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. 6Guns 1374.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- Riverton Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. Blue cloth with gilt lettering & decoration. Bright, front cover gilt, that on spine faded a bit. 8"x5", 283pp, signed, autograph
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
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