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Notice Sur Les Indiens De L'Amerique Du Nord: Ornee De Quatre Portraits Colories, Dessines D'Apres Nature, Et D'Une Carte
by Vail, Eugene A
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Arthur Bertrand. Good with no dust jacket. 1840. Hardcover. Account of the Indians of North America (in French). Three-quarter blue leather over marbled boards with gilt and red on spine. Corners and edges rubbed with heavy wear on spine ends. Blue marbled endpapers, gilt top edge, deckle edge. Foxing throughout, mostly on edges, with moderate soil on first several pages. Four color plates including the frontispiece and one large fold-out colored map. The map has foxing and a one inch tear where it is tipped in and shows the location of major North American tribes. A general description and history by Eugene Vail, a United States citizen, who wrote a number of books for the French. Howes V 7, Sabin 98293. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 246 pp .
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- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009081
- Title
- Notice Sur Les Indiens De L'Amerique Du Nord: Ornee De Quatre Portraits Colories, Dessines D'Apres Nature, Et D'Une Carte
- Author
- Vail, Eugene A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Arthur Bertrand
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Native American
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About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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- Edges
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- 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....
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
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