Life in the Far West.
by Ruxton, George Frederic
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Providence, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Blackwood & Sons. Good+. 1849. 1849 first British edition. Original brown half leather, with leather spine and corners and marbled paper over boards. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners worn through. A few scuffed and rubbed spots to the leather and marbled boards. The hinges are sound and the text block is tight. The pages are clean and tightly bound. And excellently-preserved history of the fur trade and the early American West. ; A beautiful leather the binding, with title in gold on spine.; 312 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orrin Schwab Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43207
- Title
- Life in the Far West.
- Author
- Ruxton, George Frederic
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- KG, Western Americana, Western--r, Mountain Men, Fur Trade
Terms of Sale
Orrin Schwab Books
Postage is $4.00 for the first book. Books are returnable for full refund if not as described.
About the Seller
Orrin Schwab Books
Biblio member since 2005
Providence, Utah
About Orrin Schwab Books
Orrin Schwab Books has been selling used and rare books full-time for 14 years. I specialize in Americana, Western Americana, Military, Childrens, and Historical topics of all time periods and regions. I also sell scarce and rare children's books and general antiquarian titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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