The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
by Parkman, Francis
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown & Company. Fair. 1900. Leather. Volume XII of The Works of Francis Parkman, with no publication date, but 1900 as last copyright date. Brown, pebbled leather cover is worn at edges, and is partially-loose from board in back. Spine cover is chipped at top, but title is still legible. Binding is a little loose at front hinge, but holding. Tissue page, protecting color Remington frontispiece, is detached. Pages are unmarked and only a little aged. Gilt top edges. Two ex-owner names. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eat My Words Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34060
- Title
- The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
- Author
- Parkman, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eat My Words Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Eat My Words Books
We are a small, independent book shop in NE Minneapolis. We sell mostly used books with a section of new books by local authors. We also have a large rare and collectible book section. Our real storefront hosts all sorts of community events and often serves up bread, coffee, and tea.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....