Dikes and Ditches Or, Young America in Holland and Belgium
by Optic, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Usa: Lee and Shepard Publishers. Fair with no dust jacket. 1872. Hardcover. Fair/acceptable hardcover with no dust jacket but probably never had one. Book is slanted. Heavy wear to cloth board covers and spine and the cloth is torn in a few sections. Deep scratches in the back cover. Binding is starting to loosen but no pages appear to be loose or missing. Previous owner embossed his name on the page before Chapter 1 begins. Some pages are stained but this does not affect the text. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 346 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1341
- Title
- Dikes and Ditches Or, Young America in Holland and Belgium
- Author
- Optic, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- 1872
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, Adventure, Travel, Holland, Belgium, Netherlands, Antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Books; History; History - Belgium; History - Holland / Netherlands;
Terms of Sale
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
Biblio member since 2018
Bishop, California
About Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
I worked at a used bookstore for 3-1/2 years until it unfortunately closed. I plan on one day opening a new store or purchasing another bookstore that I currently work at. I am selling books out of my house to save enough money to chase my dream of owning a a bookstore.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....