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The Canoe and The Saddle, to which are now first added his western letters and journals
by Theodore Winthrop
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus or Better/None
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tacoma: John H. Williams, 1913. First Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Very Good Plus or Better/None. Very Good Plus or Better, 332 pages with 16 color plates with captioned tissue guards, plus more than 100 illustrations including black and white plates and in text illustrations. Beautiful publication, publisher's red ribbed cloth with vellum spine with gilt title, much nicer than usually found, Top edge gilt, un-trimmed fore edge, No previous owner bookplate or writing, some foxing to preliminary pages, some rubbing to cloth and light wear to extremities, tight and square with sharp corners. A Pacific Northwest Classic. A Very Solid First Edition, BARGAIN PRICED. Howes W-584.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3974
- Title
- The Canoe and The Saddle, to which are now first added his western letters and journals
- Author
- Theodore Winthrop
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus or Better
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John H. Williams
- Place of Publication
- Tacoma
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Pacific Coast History, Washington State
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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