A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. And Visits to Various Foreign Countries, in the United States Frigate Colombia; Vols I & II
by Taylor, Fitch W
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- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven: H. Mansfield, 1846. Hardcover; 8vo; 317 pages + 332 pages. Two volumes in one (bound together). Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and illustration on spine and front. Blind decoration on front and back. Heavy edgewear, bumping, and rubbing. Bumped corners with exposed board. Heavy shelfwear/rubbing. Browning and spotted page edges. Heavily foxed/stained first and last 100 pages. Prev. owner's name on ffep. POOR/--. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket.
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- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222286
- Title
- A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. And Visits to Various Foreign Countries, in the United States Frigate Colombia; Vols I & II
- Author
- Taylor, Fitch W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- H. Mansfield
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1846
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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