THE LETTER BAG OF THE GREAT WESTERN; Or Life in a Steamer
by HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHANDLER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Richard Bentley, Publishers, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 323 pp., rebound Circa 1950s in 3/4 black calf skin and marbled paper covered boards bdg., gilt-stamped titling in brown box on blind-stamped decorated spine. (few faint small scratches and stains on leather edges, with corners of boards scuffed with tiny worn through spots, paper slightly yellowed at edges with occasional foxing on a few front & back pps., otherwise very clean and tight copy very handsomely rebound)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 358H
- Title
- THE LETTER BAG OF THE GREAT WESTERN; Or Life in a Steamer
- Author
- HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHANDLER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley, Publishers
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY. HUMOUR
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
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About the Seller
Odyssey Books
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Pointe Claire, Quebec
About Odyssey Books
We have been an established bookstore since 1986 but are operating from home now as we have closed the store for retirement.
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- 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...
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- Edges
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- Marbled Paper
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- Spine
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- Rebound
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