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Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-Sixth Congress: Volume I
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1879. Hardcover. Fair. Volume I ONLY; 8vo, black cloth, no dj; fair (boards soiled, stained, worn, and rubbed; remnant of removed paper on rear board; spine soiled, stained, and sunfaded; gilt lettering on spine rubbed and almost completely worn off; spine ends and corners bumped, crimped, and worn; edges toned, soiled, and spotted; large waterstain to bottom edge along case; waterstains to eps and pages along bound bottom corners and side edges of pages; front hinge starting; cracked at first blank flyleaf; tear to top of first blank flyleaf; pp7-10 detached and laid in; pinholes to middle of pp113-8; corners of pp125-8 dog-eared; bottom corners of pp 379-94 and 451-2 dog-eared; dried leaves and their ghosts at pp450-1, 492-3, 516-7, and 551-2; tear to top edges of pp481-508; bottom corner of p519-2 torn off; tiny hole to middle of p693-4, affects two words, one on each side; brown spots on side edge affect sides edges of pages throughout; pages toned) with a good+ fold-out map (toned; 1.5 inch tear to bottom edge of bound in panel, affects image; panels creased; misfolded so top edge juts out above textblock a bit); 927pp incl. index + fold-out map and 17 maps.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21186
- Title
- Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-Sixth Congress: Volume I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1879
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Americana;
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About the Seller
Page 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Page 1 Books
The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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