Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean, Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains and Pacific Coast (New Edition, Written Down to Summer of 1869)
by Richardson, Albert D
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
American Publishing Company. Used - Acceptable. 1869. hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. 620 pp. Illustrated. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards, extremely heavy chipping & tearing to extremities of spine and front joint. Corners bumped. Front hinge starting and quite fragile, rear hinge mildly starting. tearing to ffep. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Pages toned, otherwise contents quite sound overall. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- C64371
- Title
- Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean, Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains and Pacific Coast (New Edition, Written Down to Summer of 1869)
- Author
- Richardson, Albert D
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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