North American Excursion
by Ernest Young
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Edward Arnold and Co, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 10" by 6". Various. A first edition copy of Ernest Young's 'North American Excursion', complete with original dustwrapper. This is the first edition of the author's account of his extensive travels through North America and Canada. Copiously illustrated throughout with map endpapers, photographic plates and in text illustrations. Full red cloth binding with gilt titles to the spine. The contents are grouped under four headings; The River St Lawrence The Great lakes The River Mississippi The Old Spanish Trail In a cloth binding with original dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart with some minor wear to extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Dustwrapper, generally smart. Chips to head and tail of the spine of wrap with some slight loss to head. Handling marks to wrap. Sunning and marking to spine of wrap. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN9-E-15
- Title
- North American Excursion
- Author
- Ernest Young
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 10" by 6"
- Keywords
- First Edition Illustrated Travel Dustwrapper Illustrated Canada Young
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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- 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...
- 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...