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History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
by PRESCOTT, William H
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848. Early reprint. Octavo (24cm). Two volumes in grey-green cloth titled in gilt on spines, boards blindstamped; yellow coated endpapers; xl,527,[1]pp; [xx],547,[1]pp; frontispiece portraits, map in vol. I, additional plate in vol. II. Multiple ownership inscriptions to endpapers, some contemporary. Sound but rubbed with minor wear to board edges, foxed throughout: Very Good. The frst edition was published in 1847. GARDINER P-7.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60526
- Title
- History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
- Author
- PRESCOTT, William H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1848
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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