EUROPE; OR, A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE PRINCIPAL POWERS, WITH CONJECTURES ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS
by A Citizen of the United States; [Everett, Alexander Hill]
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [4], 411 pages; VG-; Half calf and marbled boards, with morocco spine label and gilt lettering; Boards show cracking to leather along joints, light plus wear to edges, and moderate wear to corners; Textblock has moderate age-toning and foxing to speckled edges, and light occasional foxing to pages interiorly. RWO. Everett served as the charge d'affaires at the American Embassy in the Hague from 1818 until 1824. This edition was published simultaneously with the Boston release. 1358311. Special Collections.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1358311
- Title
- EUROPE; OR, A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE PRINCIPAL POWERS, WITH CONJECTURES ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS
- Author
- A Citizen of the United States; [Everett, Alexander Hill]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Spine Label
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