VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
by Walter Colton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Leavitt, Lord and Co., 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 1/2 in. 348 pp., plus publisher's adverts. Publisher's blindstamped green cloth boards. Condition is GOOD ; front hinge a bit loose but sewn threads visibly undamaged. Covers quite worn with some damage and splitting at the spine. Text block is solid. Text is bright with minimal foxing. Lacking the ffep and rfep. Scarce. Colton (1797-1857) is notable for being a Vermonter who became Alcade of Monterey in 1846, just after the US had purchased California from Mexico. Travel. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32916
- Title
- VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
- Author
- Walter Colton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Leavitt, Lord and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1836
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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...
- 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...