MEMORIALS OF THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE BERMUDAS OR SOMERS ISLANDS 1515-1685 - Volume I and II
by Lefroy, J. H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Creston, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Bermuda Government Library, 1932. Reprint - Second Edition?. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 2 volume set. xxxvi, 772, fold out map, xix, 760 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Inner hinges on volume 1 are cracked. Front inner hinge on volume II is beginning to crack. Edges of the cover are lightly worn. Paper is foxed. A very good copy of this reprinted edition these memorials, reprinted by Eyre and Spottiswoode limited. Illustrated with a few woodcuts and maps. The foldout map at the end of Volume 1 is in fine condition. This is a very heavy set and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).
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- Bookseller
- Beacon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009481
- Title
- MEMORIALS OF THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE BERMUDAS OR SOMERS ISLANDS 1515-1685 - Volume I and II
- Author
- Lefroy, J. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint - Second Edition?
- Publisher
- Bermuda Government Library
- Date Published
- 1932
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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