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America and Her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States
by Tuckerman, HenryT
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner, 1864. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 460pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Light rubbing to extremities, spine faintly sunned, small chip to spine, foxing throughout, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Travel in America from the early explorers to the 19th century.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003185
- Title
- America and Her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States
- Author
- Tuckerman, HenryT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- De Tocqueville" Burnaby Chateaubriand Anbury Crevecoeur Hamilton Trollope Bartram Clinton
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Travel and Geography;
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About the Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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