Unpublished Orations: "The Discovery of the Columbia River, and the Whitman Controversy;" "The Crispus Attucks Memorial;" and "Columbus Memorial".
by FISKE, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Bibliophile Socoety, 1909. First edition. One of 489 numbered copies. Octavo. 118 pp. including frontispiece portrait. Publisher's quarter vellum over brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Double slipcased with the out slipcase bearing a printed paper spine label/ Some rubbing to out slipcase and foxing to prelims of book but a very clean and attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71838
- Title
- Unpublished Orations: "The Discovery of the Columbia River, and the Whitman Controversy;" "The Crispus Attucks Memorial;" and "Columbus Memorial".
- Author
- FISKE, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bibliophile Socoety
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...