Down the Great River; Embracing an Account of the True Source of the Mississippi
by Glazier, Willard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., 1889 Bound in dark brown cloth with gilt decorations over beveled boards, xxvi, 443, liii, with many illustrations all present and fold out map in nice condition. Sharp clean copy with a little rubbing to the edges. Gilt on the spine is slightly darkened. Quite well preserved even with the tissue guard present between the frontiis and title page. Nice enough copy for a gift or to decorate a shelf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002121
- Title
- Down the Great River; Embracing an Account of the True Source of the Mississippi
- Author
- Glazier, Willard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hubbard Bros.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Americana
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...