History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes
by Prescott, William H
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Paris, France
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About This Item
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim, 1904. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Fair. dark green cloth, red cloth spine, gilt lettering and decoration, 713 pp, cover soiled, front green cloth slightly torn at the left side, spine sunned, creased and frayed at the edges, edges and pages foxed
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95114
- Title
- History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes
- Author
- Prescott, William H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Mexico, Spanish history, biography, ancient history
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...