Ruins of Ancient Cities; with General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall and Present Condition, Volume 2
by Bucke, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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East Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Bros, New York, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Brown embossed cloth with gilt titles. Five engraved full page plates of Palmyra, Wady Mousi, Pompeii, Rome and Thebes. . Front and rear endpapers foxed. Text block tight and clean. The Family Library No. 155. JE3A This is the first USA edition. Size: 16mo (very small). 360 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5137. .
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- Bookseller
- John McKenna
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5137
- Title
- Ruins of Ancient Cities; with General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall and Present Condition, Volume 2
- Author
- Bucke, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1841
- Keywords
- BZDB60 NOISBN Antiquarian & Rare; History. Ruins of Ancient Cities with General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise Fall and Present Condition Volume 2 Bucke Charles
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- History;
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About the Seller
John McKenna
Biblio member since 2018
East Northport, New York
About John McKenna
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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