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The Life and Campaigns of Victor Moreau. Comprehending His Trial, Justification and Other Events, Till the Period of his Embarkation for the United States. By an Officer of the Staff. Translated from the French.
by Moreau (Victor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
NY: For David Bliss, 1806. First American edition.. 12mo. Frontispiece portrait of Moreau. Tree calf, red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Upper hinge cracked, but the cover is still holding by a thread. Library stamp on title of Dartmouth College, and their duplicate/sold stamp on the front end paper; also other library markings including a decorative label on the front end paper, of United Fraternity's Library. A clean and very good copy otherwise.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55486
- Title
- The Life and Campaigns of Victor Moreau. Comprehending His Trial, Justification and Other Events, Till the Period of his Embarkation for the United States. By an Officer of the Staff. Translated from the French.
- Author
- Moreau (Victor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: For David Bliss, 1806. First American edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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