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Travels on the Continent of Europe; Viz., In England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands
by Fisk, Wilbur
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. First edition, 1838. Attractively bound in light brown smooth leather with red spine label, gilt ruled spine, tissue protected engraved frontis, other full page engravings, 688 pages, 2 page of publisher's ads at the front. Light shelfwear including a scuff to the bottom of the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, pages uniformly foxed mainly in the margins, title page and advertising page a bit age-darkened, pages otherwise clean, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047183
- Title
- Travels on the Continent of Europe; Viz., In England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands
- Author
- Fisk, Wilbur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- TRAVEL EUROPEAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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