History of the Conquest of Mexico
by Prescott, William H. and John Foster Kirk (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1903. Revised Edition. Hard cover. Red cloth covering with gilt lettering and decoration is clean and only lightly worn. Bookplate on front paste down: "Aus der Bucherei Else Offermann 1906 No. 72". Front endpaper cracked in gutter, hinge still tight. There is a small amount of neat underlining in red. Lacking DJ. Frontispiece is of Cortes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 654 pages .
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- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9212
- Title
- History of the Conquest of Mexico
- Author
- Prescott, William H. and John Foster Kirk (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Mexico; Native American; Spain;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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