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The Amazon The Life History of a Mighty River
by Caryl P. Haskins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/missing. A very good plus first edition, as stated. Buckram boards with green image of South America and green title stamping on spine. Previous owner's bookstamp on first free endpaper. Map endpapers. Deckled page edges with mild toning. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Missing dust jacket. map and black and white plates all present. vxiii, 415 pp., Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 993
- Title
- The Amazon The Life History of a Mighty River
- Author
- Caryl P. Haskins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Amazon, amazonia, rain forests
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America & Mexico;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
Biblio member since 2014
Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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