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Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands

Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands

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Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands

by Nordhoff, Charles

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Harper & Bros, 1874. First Edition. Leather Binding. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 256pp. Rocq #15985. With a two-page autograph letter from Nordhoff to Prof. Benson Lossing, May 25, 1860, discussing some Harper & Bros. project and American history. Bound in 3/4 old calf over marbled boards. Boards detached, spine missing; some yellowing along the edges of the text, and a few closed tears and shallow chipping, else a Poor copy suitable for rebindingB/w illus.; map.

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Bookseller
Arundel Books of Seattle US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
L013708
Title
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
Author
Nordhoff, Charles
Format/Binding
Leather Binding
Book Condition
Used - Poor
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Harper & Bros
Date Published
1874
Keywords
WHAR.370 Travel rare Bck Americana CALIFORNIA HAWAIIANA OREGON WESTERN AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY AU TOGRAPH LETTERS, , , , , , , ,

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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....
Poor
A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
Marbled boards
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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...
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...

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