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Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers [Senate 33rd Congress; 1st Session]
by Captain L. Sitgreaves
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Brown faded cloth with gilt title to spine. A total of 198 pages with 79 plates to rear and a large detached folding-map. One folding plate titled Buffalo Dance. The plates include botanicals, views of nature and indigenous people, ornithology, reptiles, mammals, and fish. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Loses to edges and centerfolds of map (see image). Some minor foxing throughout. Text block begining to separate from front gutter. No previous owners' names or other defacements.
6 x 9.25 in
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- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9147
- Title
- Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers [Senate 33rd Congress; 1st Session]
- Author
- Captain L. Sitgreaves
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Beverley Tucker
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1854
- Pages
- 198 [79]
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Natural History; Native American, Indigenous Peoples;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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