American Scenery. Illustrated in a Series of Views by W.H. Bartlett.
by Willis (N.P.) & W.H. Bartlett
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Virtue/NY: Virtue, Emmins, [1840]. This is four (of five) divisions of American Scenery; Division IV is lacking. In addition to being issued in parts, the work was issued in clothbound divisions containing part of the text, and 24 plates apiece. Binding is the original plum blind-stamped cloth, spines designed and lettered in gilt, both covers designed in gilt with an image of a native archer. Pale yellow coated end papers. Some mild chipping at the spine ends, some foxing to margins, but plates are clean. The first few leaves of Division I are loose. Divisions I and V contain the decorative title pages for the work; at the end of Division V are bound the preface, the printed title pages, the contents and lists of engravings, and two leaves of ads (which include an ad for American Scenery: "Now publishing, to be completed in Thirty Parts at One Shilling, or in Divisions, 7s. 6d., cloth gilt"). A little wear to the fore-edges of cloth on a couple of divisions, but in general they are bright and attractive. Not often seen in this form. Only four of the five divisions are present here, with division IV lacking; there are 24 plates, with tissue guards, in each division.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55968
- Title
- American Scenery. Illustrated in a Series of Views by W.H. Bartlett.
- Author
- Willis (N.P.) & W.H. Bartlett
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Virtue/NY: Virtue, Emmins, [1840]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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- Leaves
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- 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....