Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 with Remarks on the Present State of the American Navy
by De Roos, Fred. Fitzgerald
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
London: William H. Ainsworth, 1827. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii,207pp. Half calf, marbled boards, raised bands, leather spine label, 10 of 14 plates plus foldout frontispeice. One inch pieces chipped from head and tail of spine, wear and scuffing to covers, contents age-toned and foxed, binding is sound, ex-library label and marking on front pastedown only. Author travels along the east coast of U.S. and Canada.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003953
- Title
- Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 with Remarks on the Present State of the American Navy
- Author
- De Roos, Fred. Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- William H. Ainsworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Pages
- 207
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nautical Naval "New England" "New York" Quebec Niagara
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Travel and Geography;
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...