American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature From Drawings By W. W. Bartlett. (Two Volumes in One with 120 Plates and a Map)
by Willis, N. P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1840. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. W. W. Bartlett. Quarto. iv, 140; iv, 106 pages. Complete with 120 engraved plates, plus 1 map. The binding measures 11 1/8 inches tall by just over 9 inches wide. Hardcover bound in original 3/4 black leather with dark brown cloth-covered boards. The binding is rubbed and bumped, and the hinges are especially rubbed but holding. Corners bumped and abraded. Some old stains and scuffs to the binding. A sound copy. A yellow bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown reads "Applegate, Pounsford & Co. / (Successors to Applegate & Co.) / Publisher's, Booksellers / Stationers, Printers / and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 43, Main Street. - - Cincinnati." Marbled endpapers. The text is toned and shows some foxing on and around the plates. The foxing can be quite heavy, especially at the beginning of the book. Two volumes in one book. The dates are on the title pages. Collates complete with all plates. There are 67 plates (including the engraved title page) and a map in Volume I, and there are 53 plates (including the engraved title page) in Volume II.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042995
- Title
- American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature From Drawings By W. W. Bartlett. (Two Volumes in One with 120 Plates and a Map)
- Author
- Willis, N. P
- Illustrator
- W. W. Bartlett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Weight
- 5.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1840; N. P. Willis; W. W. Bartlett; American Scenery; History; Rare; Book; Plates; Engravings; Leather Binding; Americana; Views.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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