Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897: The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska: Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2 vols.)
by Eames, Dr. Wilberforce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG (Moderate wear to extremities of slipcase; Books themselves rather tight and clean)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. First. Hardcover. VG (Moderate wear to extremities of slipcase; Books themselves rather tight and clean). Black cloth-covered slipcase; Black cloth over boards with gilt titling; Top edges gilt; Unpaginated, approx. 300 pp. in each volume; 300 bw plates. Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames; Hand-numbered, no. 152 of 200 copies in this edition; Features three hundred items, accompanied by annotations, inculding pamphlets, books, and other ephemera.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128441
- Title
- Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897: The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska: Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2 vols.)
- Author
- Eames, Dr. Wilberforce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Moderate wear to extremities of slipcase; Books themselves rather tight and clean)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Jones, Herschel V. Collection ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...