Scenes in my Native Land
by Sigourney, Lydia
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, Mass: James Munroe & Co, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (7.5"x4.5"). 319pp. Brown cloth-covered boards with blindstamped decoration to upper cover & giltstamped spine. Spine extremes chipped, top corners bumped, bottom corners rubbed. Very lightly rubbed boards. Previous owner's bookplate to front pdep. Inscribed by Sigourney to ffep. Heavily foxed throughout. Notes in pen to rear fep. Covered in seller's mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3869
- Title
- Scenes in my Native Land
- Author
- Sigourney, Lydia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- James Munroe & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- Date Published
- 1845
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About the Seller
Downtown Books & News
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Downtown Books & News
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...