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VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS
by Washington Irving
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
16mo in later 19th century vellum over paper-covered boards. xviii, 337 pp. with one half page insert plus 8 pages of ads at front and one at rear; frontispiece plus one plate; foldout map at rear. Rebound for the William George's sons bookshop in Bristol in the late 19th century. VG. Light wear. One inch split to vellum at lower rear joint. Corners bumped. Interior is generally clean with light foxing to the title page, plates and map. The London and New York editions were published near-simultaneously. The London is thought to have preceded the NY due to Irving's presence in London at the time. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011322-01
- Title
- VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray
- Date Published
- 1831
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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. ...
- 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"...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- VG
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