Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
by John Stephens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Moseley, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN PUBLISHERS 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SMALL AMOUNT OF SPORADIC SOILING TO PAGES, MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, SMALL REPAIR TO MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE AND LARGE FOLDOUT IN VOL. 1 WITH REPAIRS TO SEAMS, SOME SMALL SPLITS AT SEAMS TO LARGE FOLDOUT IN VOL. 2. BOOKS MEASURE 9"x6". 175 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET, SCARCE IN THIS BINDING.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reagan's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204241080757
- Title
- Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
- Author
- John Stephens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED, FINE LEATHER BINDING, RARE, 175 YEARS OLD
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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All books are carefully bubble wrapped and packed in a box with adequate packing peanuts to prevent any damage in shipment.
All books are shipped with delivery confirmation and tracking. Books are automatically insured.
100% satisfaction guaranteed. Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Reagan's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Moseley, Virginia
About Reagan's Rare Books
Reagan's Rare Books specializes in fine bindings and leather bound books dating primarily from the 18th century to early 20th century in a wide range of subject matter such as History, Americana, and Literature.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled boards
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- Spine
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
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