A Pictorial History of America; Embracing Both the Northern and Southern Portions of the New World
by GOODRICH, S.G
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: N. Watson, 1855. Hardcover. Small 4to. Heavily blind-embossed full calf with extensive spine gilt and decorations. x, 861pp, 48pp. Two frontispieces (one tissue-guarded with secondary "A Pictorial History of the Western World," Hartford: House & Brown title page), numerous illustrations (some full page), marbled endpapers. Very good. Binding a tad edgeworn (mainly at spine head/tail), though spine gilt largely bright and internally tight and nice. A tight and nice later printing of this massive comprehensive history, by the historian better known as "Peter Parley," first published in Hartford in 1845. SABIN 27916.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44222
- Title
- A Pictorial History of America; Embracing Both the Northern and Southern Portions of the New World
- Author
- GOODRICH, S.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N. Watson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Americana;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- 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
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.