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Journeys in North and South America: The Universe of Knowlege Wonder Books
by Warner, Mason, Editor
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- good
- hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Knowledge, Incorporated, 1941. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 384 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Highly concentrated travelogues for the armchair traveler. Blue cloth binding with gilt ship design on frotn cover and spine and gilt titles and decorations on spine, illustrated end papers. Some spotting of cover, light edge wear, bumping of corners and spine ends, a bit of foxing of first few pages, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 00974
- Title
- Journeys in North and South America
- Author
- Warner, Mason, Editor
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket condition
- No jacket
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Knowledge, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date published
- 1941
- Keywords
- travel, history, United States, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, India.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
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Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- 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...[more]
- Cloth
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- spine
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