Peter Parley's Tales About South America; Illustrated by a Map and numerous Engravings
by Goodrich, Samuel G
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1832. Boards. Good. 24mo (5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). i-x, 172pp. ("Catalogue of entertaining and useful books for children and youth"[167]-172). Quarter bound brown leather and brown paper boards, gilt title to spine, wear to covers and edges, corners bumped. Head 2" of free endpaper missing, children's (?) letters to verso of map, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Possibly initial volume of Peter Parley's "Series of Tales" by other publishers. OCLC 191242510.
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- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1532
- Title
- Peter Parley's Tales About South America; Illustrated by a Map and numerous Engravings
- Author
- Goodrich, Samuel G
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Joseph Jewett
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1832
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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....