The Life of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States
by Bancroft, Aaron
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Porter & Coates, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1882 Porter & Coates. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with elaborate floral and geometric decorations and lettering on the spine and front cover. Title in relief on front cover on black background. "Alta Edition" in center of decorated panel on front cover. Gold spine panel with title in black. Spine states "Illustrated" but book only has one illustration, a black and white frontispiece. Glazed light brown endpapers. Blue silk index ribbon. NOT ex-library. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding tight. Front free endpaper slightly pulled but still strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly faded. Quarter-inch light stain on front cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 489 pages plus 2 pages advertisements. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6864
- Title
- The Life of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States
- Author
- Bancroft, Aaron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Biography,History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; History;
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About the Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...