The Crayon Miscellany: No. 1--A Tour on the Prairies; No. 2--Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey; and No. 3--Legends of the Conquest of Spain (Three volume complete set)
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ex-Library
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Three volume set in two piece slipcase! Hardcovers with green cloth boards in homemade wrappers, 1835, octavos, 274pp., 230pp., and 276pp., not illustrated. Books ex-library with only indication being a blindstamp to title page of volume one; otherwise fair with handwritten sticker labels on spines that are tearing, rubbing and soil to boards, endpapers have plates and papers pasted to them, some underlining and marginalia, texts foxed and toned throughout. DJs have cut outs on spines to see some of homemade labels. Slipcase VG with rubbing and shelfwear, handsome gilt title.
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- Seller
- Common Crow Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- B33220
- Title
- The Crayon Miscellany: No. 1--A Tour on the Prairies; No. 2--Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey; and No. 3--Legends of the Conquest of Spain (Three volume complete set)
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-Library
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea, & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Literature, Washington Irving
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
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- Blindstamp
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- Marginalia
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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- Shelfwear
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- VG
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