The Blazing Southwest: The Pioneer Story of the American Southwest
by Paul I. Wellman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Fireside Press by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition Thus. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Includes black and white map and photographic plates. Pages remain bright and clear with mild amount of foxing. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front end paper. Mild tanning and foxing to end papers and paste downs. Moderate tanning and foxing to upper text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light rubbing all over. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning with rubbing and marking all over. Moderate tanning to spine inside and out. Moderate foxing to inside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689343693GEO
- Title
- The Blazing Southwest: The Pioneer Story of the American Southwest
- Author
- Paul I. Wellman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Fireside Press by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1961
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....