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American adventures. A second trip "Abroad at home"
by Street, Julian & Wallace Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
The Century Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Hardcover. Red cloth covers with gilt titles, no DJ. Hinge is cracked at front, but pages intact. A few spots and stains on cover and end papers. Text on spine has faded from gilt to black but is still legible. Pages starting to discolor, has a light dampstain along the top edge, and minor shelfwear. Gift inscription dated 1917 in front, and attractive bookplate attached to the inside of the front cover. ; 8.90 x 6.20 x 2 inches; 681 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Range & River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38397
- Title
- American adventures. A second trip "Abroad at home"
- Author
- Street, Julian & Wallace Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Century Co
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Julian Street, Americana, Travel Memoir, South, American History, Us History, July
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Travel & Adventure Travel;
Terms of Sale
Range & River Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Range & River Books
Biblio member since 2006
Bishop, California
About Range & River Books
With thousands of books on the shelves, and specializations in the fiction and nonfiction that make our region great, Range & River Books is another treasure of the Eastern High Sierra and a great place to browse. We are working to list more books on-line every day for customers around the world. We specialize in Eastern California, Owens Valley and Great Basin History and Natural History, Mountaineering and Climbing, Western Americana, Literature, Rare and Collectible, Children's, and Cookbooks. Stock in store includes thousands of popular fiction titles, science fiction, mysteries, and an amazing selection of vintage volumes including the colorful People's Book Club editions from the 1930's to 1940's, so contact us if you have an interest in those areas!
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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