Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes
by McKenney, Thomas L
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc, 1959. Limited edition. Hardcover. pp. viii, 495. 8vo. Bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear, ink owner's name to front pastedown, pencil annotation to ffep and rear endpaper; very good+ in good, price-clipped dustjacket with spots and age toning to spine, short tears and chips to edges. Limited edition facsimile reprint of 1827 publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 080609
- Title
- Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes
- Author
- McKenney, Thomas L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Ross & Haines, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.