A Wonderful Reproduction of Living Scenes in Natural Color Photos of America's New Possessions
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: International View Co. , 1901. Edge and corner worn, scuffed, scratched and stained along the edges, some fraying in the top and base of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name and a date in ink on the ffep, former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover, a couple of loose pages in the front and back, light stain in the base of about the first half of the pages (not affecting captions or readability), text block is removed from the case but still attached in the rear, overall a poor to fair copy with the photographs and captions being in good condition (very crisp and bright and all there). This is a very very rare title and a must have even in this condition! Prolificly illustrated with vintage full-color photographs! Extremely scarce! Tan cloth with blue and red lettering on the front cover and a blue military illustration. "Nothing like them ever before undertaken. Many photographs, secured at fearful risk to the photographer, of scenes in line of actual hostilities and some genuine battle scenes. These magnificent, matchless views were all caught by the camera in their natural colors, and show, just as they are presented here, the natives in their most romantic manner of every-day live, and reproduce the American soldiers in some of their most dangerous and exciting actions of actual warfare.....". First Edition. Tan Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031434
- Title
- A Wonderful Reproduction of Living Scenes in Natural Color Photos of America's New Possessions
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- International View Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- ART PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
- Size
- 12mo
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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