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Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains
by Herbert Eugene Bolton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Albuquerque: Whittlesey House and the University of New Mexico Press, 1949. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. A very good plus, stated second printing. Black cloth boards with gilt title stamping on spine. Map end papers. Previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown and verso of first free end paper. In a very good, original, unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor loss and wear, soiling to spine of jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with maps. xii, 491 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 1/4 inches tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 674
- Title
- Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains
- Author
- Herbert Eugene Bolton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Whittlesey House and the University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- exploration, conquest, spain, america, california, conquistador
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spanish Conquest;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
Biblio member since 2014
Gridley, California
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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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