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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy: By Order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore Perry and His Officers, at His Request and Under His Supervision
de Hawks, Francis L. D. D. LL.D
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very good
- Librería
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. [1], vii, viii blank, 624 pages, [1]. Fine binding. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with brown leather corners and spine. Gilt title, decorations, and raised bands on the spine. Marbled end papers. Marbled text edges. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving, steel engravings, illustrated plates, in text illustrations, and 11 folding maps. Text, maps and illustrations in very good condition. Occasional light foxing to a few of the steel engravings and the protective tissue. Light rubs to the board edges with light shelf wear to the covers. Binding is very sturdy and uniform. First edition, in three volumes, was published in 1856.
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- Librería
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 25866
- Título
- Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy
- Autor
- Hawks, Francis L. D. D. LL.D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Later printing
- Editorial
- D. Appleton and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1857
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Americana Books ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Sobre Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
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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
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