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GESCHICHTE DER MISSION DER EVANGELISCHEN BRUDER UNTER DEN INDIANERN IN NORDAMERIKA
by Loskiel, George Heinrich
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Barby, Germany: Paul Gotthelf Kummer. Very Good+. 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. "First issue with only six lines on verso of last leaf. " A valuable account of Moravian Missionary activity from 1735 - 1787 among the American Indians. Original calf binding with raised bands and spine label. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact without foxing. Page edges dyed red. German text. Religion; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 783 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16070
- Title
- GESCHICHTE DER MISSION DER EVANGELISCHEN BRUDER UNTER DEN INDIANERN IN NORDAMERIKA
- Author
- Loskiel, George Heinrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Gotthelf Kummer
- Place of Publication
- Barby, Germany
- Date Published
- 1789
- Keywords
- Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American; German Language; Religion;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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