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Norman's New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory of the State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans
by (Norman, Benjamin Moore)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New Orleans,: B.M. Norman, 1845. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 223pp + ads and 6 blank memoranda leaves. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edgewear an chhipping to spine ends, contents are age-toned and foxed, bindingis tight. Lacking frontispiece and folding map, includes full page city plan and other in-text illustrations. Howes N-180.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004127
- Title
- Norman's New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory of the State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans
- Author
- (Norman, Benjamin Moore)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- B.M. Norman
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans,
- Date Published
- 1845
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tourism Sightseeing "Mississippi Rriver
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Geography;
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About the Seller
Old Bookshelf
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Wilmington, Delaware
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Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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