Click for full-size.
The Land of Poco Tiempo
by Charles Fletcher Lummis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scriner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) A Harvard drop-out, flamboyant and influential personality, author, adventurer, Native American advocate. Excellent First American Edition of Lummis' classic on the state and region of New Mexico. Book called Very Good Plus or better, closer to near Fine. 310 pages with 38 black and white text illustrations and period photographs, publisher's rust brown cloth with bright gilt titles to spine and front board, fantastic artistic title block with two sheep heads on front board. Crisp copy! Tight and square, NO previous owner bookplate or writing, very clean original green end papers, minuscule bit of soling, else FINE, Text never read condition. Book protected in a custom mylar sleeve AND slipcase in Fine condition., bright and clean. Superior book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003760
- Title
- The Land of Poco Tiempo
- Author
- Charles Fletcher Lummis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scriner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- New Mexico, ,Charles Lummis, The American West,
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.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
Collecting and identifying signed letters and holographic documents
Many authors and other famous literary figures wrote and signed letters by hand, and you can find a great collection of them in the Biblio rare book room. See our great collection of handwritten letters and holographic documents
Collecting and Using City Directories
Don’t overlook that old city directory - it is priceless for authors, collectors who focus on specific cities, geneaology, and other niche interests. Learn more...
