Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century
by Samuel Eliot Morison
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harvard University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. No edition stated. 151 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Pages are visibly tanned with notable foxing throughout. Small pen mark to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Notable staining to boards. Moderate sunning to spine with noticeable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly darkened. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1707309841BWC
- Title
- Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century
- Author
- Samuel Eliot Morison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Date Published
- 1940
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...