Adventures in Americana 1492 - 1897 The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies the Spanish Main and North America Inland to the Ohio Country on Toward the Mississippi Through to California Over Chilcoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska
by FAGG Helen, Eames [Preface]
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Powys, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge. Fine. 1928. Hardcover. Being a selection of books from the library of Herschel V. Jones Two volumes bound in black cloth with titles and lines on cover in gilt. 300pp + index, illustrated with plates on the recto and text on the verso, nice looking set; Quarto .
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- Bookseller
- Castle Hill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73599
- Title
- Adventures in Americana 1492 - 1897 The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies the Spanish Main and North America Inland to the Ohio Country on Toward the Mississippi Through to California Over Chilcoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska
- Author
- FAGG Helen, Eames [Preface]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and General Topography;
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Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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