NEW AND CORRECT EDITION OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY; OR A VIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
by Morse, Jedidah
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: R. Morison & Son. Very Good. 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked leather binding with gilt title on red spine label. Illustrated with 7 fold out maps. Tables with 1 fold out . Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Containing: Astronomical Geography - Geographical Definitions, discovery and general description of America and the United States of their boundaries; mountains; lakes; bays; rivers; natural history; account of the wars and of the important events. Particular descriptions of Kentucky, Western territory and Vermont. World and Northeastern maps have light damp stains. USiana; Maps & Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 531 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16403
- Title
- NEW AND CORRECT EDITION OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY; OR A VIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
- Author
- Morse, Jedidah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. Morison & Son
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Usiana
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...