The Story of Mont Blanc
by Smith, Albert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1853. First American Edition. Decorated Cloth. Good. 8vo. x + 208 pp. Blindstamped cloth with gilded illustration of Alpinists in center of front board. Chipped label, possibly antique library or sales label, below title lettering on spine. Foxing throughout, heaviest in first few and last few pages. Text block and binding tight. Some shelfwear to cloth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000557
- Title
- The Story of Mont Blanc
- Author
- Smith, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Sporting, Mountainclimbing, Alpinism
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...