History Of The Reign of Ferdinand And Isabella, The Catholic
by Prescott, William H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1848. Tenth Edition. All three volumes of this three volume set are in very good+ condition in 3/4 leather and brown cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt on black leather title labels and gilt tool work in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper with a matching marbled design to the edge of the text blocks. All three volumes are octavos measuring 9" by 6". Each has an early prior owner's name written in pencil on the second free end pages. The pages of the three text blocks show modest spots of foxing and light age tanning. The hinges and joints are extremely tight. Volume I contains 411 pages of text and illustrated with a steel engraving frontispiece portrait of Isbella. Volume II contains 509 pages of text and is illustrated with an engraving frontispiece portrait of Ferdinand and a map preceding the first page of text. Volume III contains 531 pages of text including an index for all three volumes and is illustrated with an engraving frontispiece of Christopher Columbus and a map of Italy which preceding the first page of text.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB24882
- Title
- History Of The Reign of Ferdinand And Isabella, The Catholic
- Author
- Prescott, William H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1848
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...