PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811, 1812, 1813, BEING A MEMOIR ON PAUL SVININ, RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC OFFICER, ARTIST, AND AUTHOR. CONTAINING COPIOUS EXCERPTS FROM HIS ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS IN AMERICA.
by Yarmolinsky, Avraham
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930, folio, xviii, 46pp, plus fifty two full page plates on recto, the frontispiece in color. Extremities lightly worn, else G+ in Poor, stained and worn dj, which is splitting at the spine. Limited to 1000cc. Part one is Yarmolinsky's account of Svinin's travels in the United States, and Part two consists of black and white reproductions of Svinin's water color sketches..
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- Bookseller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05666
- Title
- PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811, 1812, 1813, BEING A MEMOIR ON PAUL SVININ, RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC OFFICER, ARTIST, AND AUTHOR. CONTAINING COPIOUS EXCERPTS FROM HIS ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS IN AMERICA.
- Author
- Yarmolinsky, Avraham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- AMERICANA EARLY TRAVEL ILLUSTRATED
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...