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The Expansion of Europe: A Social and Political History of the Modern World, 1415-1789 (Volumes I and II bound as one)
by ABBOTT, Wilbur Cortez
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. A 1924 reprint edition of the author's hefty, comprehensive history of the expansion by European powers into the wider world. Volumes I and II combined in this single volume. With plenty of black & white illustrations, as well as maps in b&w and in color. --- In navy cloth-covered boards with faded gilt spine titling. --- Book is in fairly rough condition, with warped boards, soiled covers, with dampstains and rippling to leaves but remains intact and fully readable.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxviii, 512, 463 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80840
- Title
- The Expansion of Europe: A Social and Political History of the Modern World, 1415-1789 (Volumes I and II bound as one)
- Author
- ABBOTT, Wilbur Cortez
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>History; >>European History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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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