The Sacred Plains
by Headley, J. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g- to g+
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim & Co, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g+. 8vo. Gold and blind-embossed brown cloth and spine. Frontispiece engraving of the Plains of Galilee, Nazareth, protected by tissue guard. Illustrated title page. With six additional full-page engravings, all protected by tissue leaf. Work discusses the plains of Shinar Jordan, Mamre, Moab, Jericho, Sharon, Shiloh, Moreh, Dura, Esdraelon, Damascus and Galilee. Age wear and some staining on binding. Head and tail of spine bumped and slightly chipped. Ex-libris of C. L. Smith of Toledo, Ohio, on inside of front board, some writing in pencil by previous owner on front endpapers and verso of title-page. Sporadic foxing throughout. Small waterstain on bottom margin of first- and last two leaves. Binding in good-, interior in good+ condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21183
- Title
- The Sacred Plains
- Author
- Headley, J. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Wanzer, McKim & Co
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- bible geography, tower of babel, abram, abraham, ruth, joshua, sodom and gomorrah, dead sea, balaam's prophecies, elisha's miracle, mount carmel, mount zion, mount tabor
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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