AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE AMERICAN BRIG COMMERCE, WRECKED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1815, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVING OFFICERS AND CREW, WHO WERE ENSLAVED BY THE WANDERING ARABS,...
by Riley, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good or Better/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1859. 272 pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title and decoration on spine. Covers faded and rubbed; cocked. Corners bumped w/ light fraying to spine ends. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Light dampstain at bottom margins of leaves 128 through 134. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good or Better/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23612WHAFR
- Title
- AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE AMERICAN BRIG COMMERCE, WRECKED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1815, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVING OFFICERS AND CREW, WHO WERE ENSLAVED BY THE WANDERING ARABS,...
- Author
- Riley, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good or Better
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Leavitt and Allen
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL DESCRIPTION NORTH AFRICA SAHARA COMMERCE BRIG SLAVERY NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME SHIPWRECKS 1815 SURVIVAL AFRICAN DESART ZAHAHRAH SLAVE ARABS NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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