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Prescott's Works: Charles the Fifth (3 volumes), Conquest of Peru (2 volumes), Conquest of Mexico (3 volumes), Philip the Second (3 volumes), Ferdinand and Isabella (3 volumes), Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (1 volumes)
by Prescott, William H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some wear to the extremities, a bit of rubbing to the leathers spines and corners, a few ruffled pages at the end of one volume,
- Seller
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Baldwin City, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Some wear to the extremities, a bit of rubbing to the leathers spines and corners, a few ruffled pages at the end of one volume, else a very good attractive and sound set. (Photographs upon request). 15 volumes uniformly bound in 1/2 tan leather over marbled boards, decorative gilt embossed spines and titling on red and blue panels between the raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges.
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- Bookseller
- J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210047
- Title
- Prescott's Works: Charles the Fifth (3 volumes), Conquest of Peru (2 volumes), Conquest of Mexico (3 volumes), Philip the Second (3 volumes), Ferdinand and Isabella (3 volumes), Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (1 volumes)
- Author
- Prescott, William H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some wear to the extremities, a bit of rubbing to the leathers spines and corners, a few ruffled pages at the end of one volume,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1874
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
Payment with order, credit cards accepted (VISA, MC, Discover), personal checks on USA banks, money orders in US funds. Libraries and educational institutions will be invoiced upon request. Returns accepted within 30 days. Unless the book is clearly not as described, refund is for the price of the book only.
About the Seller
J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwin City, Kansas
About J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
J. Hood, Booksellers, established 1974, specializes in scholarly books in all subject areas, with large holdings in the sciences, art, philosophy, medieval & renaissance studies, the social sciences and the humanities. We currently have 48,000 volumes in stock and sell exclusively on the internet. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Owners: Gloria & John Hood
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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