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The Secret of the Pacific
by C. Reginald Enock
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/None
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Binder's Cloth. Fine/None. A Discussion of the Origin of the Early Civilizations of America, the Toltecs, Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, and Their Predecessors: and the Possibilities of Asiatic Influence Thereon. First Edition, 1912, Fine, Very Clean boards with bright gilt title and illustration, tight and square with sharp points. No previous owner bookplate or writing, a few light foxing spots on fore edge. Complete with two-fold out map on color, 56 illustrations from black and white photographs. Dark blue boards and gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. The ancient civilizations around the Pacific Ocean along the Americas and into Asia. A Superior copy protected in a custom mylar sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3956
- Title
- The Secret of the Pacific
- Author
- C. Reginald Enock
- Format/Binding
- Binder's Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Ancient Civilizations, Pacific Rim History
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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