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Virginia: A History of the People
by John Esten Cooke
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/No DJ
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1884 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with typical markings. Binding is tight though several pages have partially detached. Brown cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine show edge wear. Edge of text block is soiled. Text is clean and unmarked aside from library markings. Several pages have tears and creases. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)
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Details
- Seller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 771
- Title
- Virginia
- Author
- John Esten Cooke
- Format/Binding
- See book description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 523
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Virginia History
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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