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Travels & Adventures In Canada and the Indian Territories, Between the Years 1760 and 1776
by Alexander Henry
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George N. Morang & Company Ltd., 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. Limited Edition. 347 pages. No dust jacket. Limited edition out of 700 copies, however this copy is not numbered. New Edition edited by James Bain. Dark green cloth with title label on spine. Deckled and rough cut text block edges. Contains black and white photographic plates and fold-out maps. Pages are bright, although lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Slight tearing to half title page. Occasional grey thumb-marking present throughout. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Plates are lightly tanned and moderately foxed. Maps are lightly tanned, with light edge-wear and dog-eared corners. Boards are subtly bowed with mottled mould to rear board. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693579585MEP
- Title
- Travels & Adventures In Canada and the Indian Territories, Between the Years 1760 and 1776
- Author
- Alexander Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George N. Morang & Company Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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