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The Romance of Archaeology (formerly Magic Spades)
by Magoffin, R. V. D.; Emily C. Davis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, Long Island, NY: Garden City Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1929). 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full beige cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, gilt medallion on cover, top edge red, tan endpapers. Generously illustrated with 144 B&W photographs and drawings. Includes a list of Museums and Their Best Archaeological Objects, Excavations and Publications, and a detailed Index. . Spine mildly darkened, slightly musty, former owner's name on ffep (dated 1937), else fine, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Photographs and Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xv, 348 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28873
- Title
- The Romance of Archaeology (formerly Magic Spades)
- Author
- Magoffin, R. V. D.; Emily C. Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, Long Island, NY
- Date Published
- (1929)
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Science, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- 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...
- Jacket
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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