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SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY, THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, A VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
by Cuming, Fortescue
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh Pa.: Cramer, Spear, Eichbaum Et Al. Good+. 1810. First Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: "AND A TRIP THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY AND PART OF WEST FLORIDA. COMMENCED AT PHILADELPHIA IN THE WINTER OF 1807 AND CONCLUDED IN 1809", with notes and appendix. In a handsome later nineteenth century binding of brown 3/4 leather with raised bands and gilt title over clean marbled boards. Some pages have a few flecks of foxing. Condition of the book would be rated VG+ but has been down graded to "G+" because the last six pages (599-604) are a laid-in facsimile. West, Americana, Travel & Exploration ; 8vo; 504 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17237
- Title
- SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY, THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, A VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
- Author
- Cuming, Fortescue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cramer, Spear, Eichbaum Et Al
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh Pa.
- Date Published
- 1810
- Keywords
- West
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; Southern Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Laid-in
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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