The Pacific Tourist: Adams & Bishop's Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean (1881 Edition)
by Shearer, Frederick E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Adams & Bishop, Publishers. Used - Acceptable. 1881. Hardcover. Green cloth with embossed decoration and ornate gilt stamped lettering. Quarto. 362 pp. Illustrated. Noticeable shelf wear and scuffing to boards, some chipping & fraying to extremities of spine, very heavy tearing and fraying along fragile front joint. Corners bumped. Both hinges cracked and fragile. Large but faint dampstain to early pages. Pages moderately toned but otherwise sound. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- C64373
- Title
- The Pacific Tourist: Adams & Bishop's Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean (1881 Edition)
- Author
- Shearer, Frederick E
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Adams & Bishop, Publishers
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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