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The American Shepherd: Being a History of the Sheep with Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases
by Morrell, L. A
- Used
- good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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South Haven, Michigan
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Tan, blind stamped boardsare worn through the cloth at top and bottom spine edges and front corners. Cloth is split 2/3 of the way up from the bottom along the back spine edge, and there is a cross-ways split in the cloth in the middle of the spine edge. Front board has what appears to be ink stains along the bottom edge of front board and about 1/2" up from the edge. Ffep has some penciled numbers and a name and some erased pencil markings. No other internal markings. Book is foxed throughout. The preface pages and part of the table of contents pages are loose at the top thread only. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030771
- Title
- The American Shepherd: Being a History of the Sheep with Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases
- Author
- Morrell, L. A
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1845
- Bookseller catalogs
- Abe;
Terms of Sale
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South Haven, Michigan
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- First Edition
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- 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... [More]
- foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process... [More]
- ffep
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that... [More]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- spine
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