Pictorial Guide to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
by Rev. Horace Martin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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£83.69
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About This Item
New York: Stringer& Townsend, 1851. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Red embossed cloth ( front and back ) with gilt lettering to the front. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich. Gilt is bright. Spine has about 1/2" missing at top and has been professionally repaired mid spine. Edges and tips modestly/moderately worn. Inside has neat PO signature on FFEP dated 1854 and a small address label of Harold Meloy, Shelbyville, In., ( noted Mammoth Cave historian and author of "The Mummies of Mammoth Cave" ) on the top front paste down. 10 B&W illustrations, including frontispiece. Scattered foxing.SCARCE and with a nice provenance..
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Details
- book dealer
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 002267
- Title
- Pictorial Guide to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
- Author
- Rev. Horace Martin
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stringer& Townsend
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also... [more]
- ffep
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that... [more]
- 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... [more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [more]
- 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... [more]
- 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.... [more]
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or... [more]
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