Astoria or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains (2 vols.)
by Washington Irving
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: C.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Tacoma Edition. Publisher's Cloth. near Fine/Very Good. Two Volumes, History of John Astor's trading settlement in the Oregon Territory. Tacoma Edition in rare dust jackets, 389 and 391 pages with 28 photogravure illustrations with captioned tissue guards, near Fine, ultra clean cream cloth stamped with gold and brown feathers and gilt arrowheads and titles, spines are clean with same arrow and feather motif, top edge gilt, previous owner tasteful bookplates on front pastedowns, some ghosting on preliminary pages from the dust jackets, some chipping to the edge of one first free page, text in fantastic Pacific Northwest Border. Books near Fine. Jackets are Very Good, plain buckram cloth, frayed on ends but did a fine job protecting these Books. Beautiful Two Volume set. Books protected by clear custom mylar sleeves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3989
- Title
- Astoria or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains (2 vols.)
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Tacoma Edition
- Publisher
- C.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Astoria, Pacific Northwest History, Oregon History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...