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The Commerce of the Prairies; or, The Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across The Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico
by Gregg, Josiah; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1926. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map. . Heel of spine has slight shelf-wear, gilt on spine is slightly dulled, front cover has a few faint scratches, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 24. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii, 307 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20080
- Title
- The Commerce of the Prairies; or, The Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across The Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico
- Author
- Gregg, Josiah; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Lakeside Classics;, Rare Books;, TRAVEL;, Adventure;, Exploration;, United States;, Native Americans;, Mexico;, American West;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business, Law & Government; Travel & Adventure;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Cloth
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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