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Nova Scotia in Its Historical, Mercantile and Industrial Relations by Campbell, Duncan
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 679
- Edition: First edition.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Lovell,
- Place: Montreal:
- Date published: 1873.
- Pages: 548 pp.
Description
Montreal: : John Lovell, , 1873. . First edition. . lrg. 8vo, . rebound in 1/2 morocco and marbled boards Light shelf wear , first 20 pages and pages of index pages spotted else very good. Good history of Acadia.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. 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.
rebound : A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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