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Cape Cod
by Thoreau, Henry D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1908. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth boards with bright gilt and red embellishments, rubbed on points with small loss at spine ends. Name written inside front board and price written in red ink front endpaper, a few minor blemishes rear panel. Top edge gilt, rear hinge gutter webbing exposed top half only, still tightly bound and a handsome copy now in protective plasticine cover. Second edition stated. Illustrations including frontis with tissue guard by Clifton Johnson all present. ; MCN33948; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pp .
Synopsis
Thoreau's account of his travels and explorations on Cape Cod is considered his most genial book, and one of his most appealing. Published in 1865 after his death, Thoreau's CAPE COD remains an indispensable guide to the area.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41214
- Title
- Cape Cod
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry D
- Illustrator
- Clifton Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Natural History Americana Nature Botany Literature Classics
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
Books are shipped immediately upon receipt of payments. Returns allowed within two weeks.
About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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- Gutter
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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