South American Journals, 1858-1859
by Peabody, George Augustus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Peabody Museum. Used - Very Good. 1937. Limited Edition. Eighth cloth over marble paper covered boards, slipcase, small quarto, 209 pp., six illustrations. Number 404 from a limited edition of 581. Leaves uncut. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Minor edge-wear and bumps to slipcase. Internally, quite sound. Overall, very good. (Subject: Exploration.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q06788
- Title
- South American Journals, 1858-1859
- Author
- Peabody, George Augustus
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...