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NEVADA: THE SILVER STATE
by Various
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Binfords & Mort, 1940. First Edition. Hardback. Good +/Good +. First Edition. Map of Nevada included in sleeve at rear paste down. Red cloth over boards with gilt particulars and two lines to spine and front board. Previous book store's sticker to lower edge of first free endpaper and light scattered soiling to a few pages throughout; otherwise, text is unmarked. Text block is lightly tanned with one spot of foxing to lower edge. Boards are clean with small spot of scuffing and discoloration to rear board, bumping to corners and ends of spine, and slight black discoloration to edge where spine meets rear board. Map has dampstain to top edge, but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is sound, boards bow heavily outward at top edge. Dust jacket has soiling and foxing to rear cover and crease along edge where spine meets front cover. Creasing, rubbing, chipping and closed tears to edges, corners and ends of spine. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62009
- Title
- NEVADA: THE SILVER STATE
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Binfords & Mort
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- American History
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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