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The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 1540 - 1542 Route Across the Southwest
by Richard & Shirley Cushing Flint, editors
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A fine first printing in a fine dust jacket. Beige buckram boards. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 442 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 501
- Title
- The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 1540 - 1542 Route Across the Southwest
- Author
- Richard & Shirley Cushing Flint, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Place of Publication
- Niwot, Colorado
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- exploration, conquest, spain, america, california, conquistador
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spanish Conquest;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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