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Irving's Works -- 8 volume set
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Livingston, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., n.d. [ca. 1900]. Hardcover. Good. 12mo (19 cm). Later edition. Quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titling. Top edge gilt, decorative endpapers. Printed by Rockwell & Churchill, Boston. Volumes include 1) Life of George Washington parts I & II; 2) Life of George Washington parts III & IV; 3) Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus; 4) Astoria, or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains / The Adventures of Captain Bonneville / Salmagundi; 5) The Alhambra / The Conquest of Granada / The Conquest of Spain / Spanish Voyages of Discovery; 6) Life of Oliver Goldsmith / Mahomet and His Successors / Moorish Chronicles; 7) The Sketch Book / The Crayon Papers / A History of New York / A Tour of the Prairies; 8) Tales of a Traveler / Bracebridge Hall, or, The Humorists / Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey / Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies. Heavy chipping, fraying and edge wear. Several hinges cracked. Tales of a Traveler, etc. missing about 1/3 of spine. Not in BAL. Will require extra postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28593
- Title
- Irving's Works -- 8 volume set
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d. [ca. 1900]
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Elk River Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Elk River Books
Biblio member since 2010
Livingston, Montana
About Elk River Books
Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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