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JAMAICA: IT'S PAST AND PRESENT STATE
by Phillippo, James R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London:John Snow, 1843. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2019/02/0_img_2178.jpg. Inscribed by author. London:John Snow. 1843. Second thousand. xvi+487pp+errata. Illustrated. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed on 1st free endpage. Brown boards decorated with gilt lightly soiled and shelfworn, with gilt dulled. Internally, end pages age-toned but aside from author's inscription, free of previous owner marks or signatures. Light foxing is scattered throughout, most often on illustrated plates or adjacent pages. The binding is tight but both hinges have cracked. Overall, a very good, tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24394
- Title
- JAMAICA: IT'S PAST AND PRESENT STATE
- Author
- Phillippo, James R
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2019/02/0_img_2178.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London:John Snow
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- CARIBBEAN; JAMAICA; HISTORY; TRAVEL;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% state sales tax. Methods of payment: Visa, MC, Discover, Check. Postage. USPS Media Mail is $4.00 for first book, $1.00 for each additional book. UPS and USPS Priority will be at cost. Some books, as noted in offerings, will be at cost. Overseas postage will be at cost. All items returnable with prior arrangement up to 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Inscribed
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- Cracked
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- 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...
- First Edition
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