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Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
by Catlin, Geo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Willia P. Hazard, 1857. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 4to. 402; 403-792pp. Recent binding of half brown morocco, gilt spine titles; Cockerel marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 150 illustrations on steel and wood. Bookseller stamps and numbers on reverse of title page and with a (shelf?) number at the base of the title and next pages in each volume. Some of the full-page plates are lightly foxed else this is a very good copy.
The first editon was published in 1841. Sabin 11538.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23552
- Title
- Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
- Author
- Catlin, Geo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Willia P. Hazard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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