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Narratives of Exploration and Adventure by [Fremont, John Charles] Nevins, Allan [ed]
Description
New York: : Longmans, Green & Co., , 1956. 8vo,. Illustrated. cloth and dustjacket, jacket rubbed else very good. The explorations of Fremont who mounted scientific expeditions through the West across Oregon, California, Washington to Fort Vancouver.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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