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Jottings of a Year's Sojourn in the South or First Impressions of the Country and its People; With a Glimpse At School-Teaching in That Southern Land, and Reminiscenses of Distinguished Men
by Van Buren, A. De Puy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Battle Creek, Michigan: Self Published. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pp. Spine ends, corners woorn. Covers show some wear. Faded gilt lettering on the spine. Front hinge weak. Coloured ffep is missing, 2nd front endpaper an title page have a small stain. Page edges foxed. Interior pages are clean, binding is tight. The author's impressions of the country, society and people, during his time in the antebellum south. Many of these sketches were first published in his columns in the Battle Creek Journal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Riverwash Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TRAV0469
- Title
- Jottings of a Year's Sojourn in the South or First Impressions of the Country and its People; With a Glimpse At School-Teaching in That Southern Land, and Reminiscenses of Distinguished Men
- Author
- Van Buren, A. De Puy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- Battle Creek, Michigan
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- United States, SOCIETY, SOUTHERN States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About the Seller
Riverwash Books
Biblio member since 2004
Prescott, Ontario
About Riverwash Books
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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