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VIRGINIA 1584-1607 THE FIRST SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA A BRIEF HISTORY WITH A SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES
by SMITH, Alan (editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's green cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. xxi, 117. Generous selection of black and white illustrations. This copy complete with the fold-out print. Book is in GOOD condition with some off-setting on the endpapers from dust jacket flaps. Foxing on pastedowns. Dust jacket FAIR with chipping and shallow erosion at spine ends. Chipping along portions of perimeter, as well, particularly on bottom edge near board tips. Some foxing on rear panel. Jacket now in protective Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3344
- Title
- VIRGINIA 1584-1607 THE FIRST SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA A BRIEF HISTORY WITH A SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES
- Author
- SMITH, Alan (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Theodore Brun, [1957]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern interest; Virginia;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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