American Adventures. A Second Trip Abroad at Home
by Street, Julian & Wallace Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. xv+681pp. many plates illustrated by Wallace Morgan. top edge gilt. gilt decorated maroon cloth.
- Seller
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Brandon, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Century, 1917. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. xv+681pp. many plates illustrated by Wallace Morgan. top edge gilt. gilt decorated maroon cloth.. toning to pages just before and after the frontis plate. gilt on spine faded. light wear. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Corner Tampa Bay
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20833
- Title
- American Adventures. A Second Trip Abroad at Home
- Author
- Street, Julian & Wallace Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. xv+681pp. many plates illustrated by Wallace Morgan. top edge gilt. gilt decorated maroon cloth.
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st printing.
- Publisher
- Century
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Americana, Southern States
Terms of Sale
Book Corner Tampa Bay
Mastercard, Visa, Discover accepted, as are personal checks and money orders. Checks and money orders must be drawn on a U.S. bank.
10 day return for any reason as long as book is returned in same condition as we sent it. We have been selling used books in a shop open to the public fulltime since 1988.
About the Seller
Book Corner Tampa Bay
Biblio member since 2004
Brandon, Florida
About Book Corner Tampa Bay
Established in 1988.Who are we? One of The Few, The Proud, The Incredibly Stubborn Who Still Believe a Brick and Mortar Store Open to the Public Remains a Viable Option in This Age of Internet Giants and eReaders.We are Book Corner Tampa Bay.We have been serving the good folks in the Brandon/Tampa, Florida area with a shop open to the public for over 27 years. Making us one of the longest running used book stores dealing in both hardcover and paperbacks in Tampa!Book Corner Tampa Bay Specialties:We also carry a nice selection of quality, gently used books on most all subjects, both hardcover and paperback. We also have a section of collectible books, from earlier century leatherbacks to wonderful old children's books, rare first editions, and much more.In Novels we carry Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Mysteries and Thrillers, Teen Fiction & Manga in both hardcover and paperback.In Nonfiction, we specialize in hardcover and softcover titles in Children's Books, Children's Illustrated, Cookbooks, Classics, Metaphysics, plus a wide selection of books in many other subjects from Americana to Zoology.We also specialize in a love of books! All our employees are book-o-holics. It isn't just a business. It is an addiction that we share with our customers.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
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