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The Western Avernus: Toil and Travel in Further North America
by Roberts, Morley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Westminster (UK): Archibald Constable, 1896. Hardcover. Good. A.D. McCormick. New Edition stated; 8vo, original blue cloth, no dj; good (cocked; gilt illustration on front board rubbed; gilt on top edge darkened; edges foxed; spine ends and corners bumped and worn, corners to boards; hinges starting; cracked at pp1, 32-3, 64-5, 80-1, 160-1, 176-7, and 192-3; library stamp on ffep, only library mark; tear to title page; owner's name with 1902 date on half-title page; frontis with interleaf, title page and folding map in rear foxed; light, sporadic foxing to text; plates, both painted and photographed, still bright). 277 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6759
- Title
- The Western Avernus: Toil and Travel in Further North America
- Author
- Roberts, Morley
- Illustrator
- A.D. McCormick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable
- Place of Publication
- Westminster (UK)
- Date Published
- 1896
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- Spine
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- FFEP
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- New
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- Cracked
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