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NARRATIVE of the NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding ...... (1st ed)
de Davis, C.H. 07f
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- GOOD(worn) book. Red/brown cloth. Gilt dog team on front cover.
- Librería
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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Wash, DC: Govt. Printing Office. GOOD(worn) book. Red/brown cloth. Gilt dog team on front cover.. 1876. 1st edition. Hardcover. GOOD book. VG inside BUT: (1)inner hinge papers cracked (2) 1st frontis loose (3) both frontis' foxed. Thick folio, 696pp. . Cover gilt still bright. All illustrations, maps, steel engravings and the two color lithographs largely free of foxing (save frontis'). A few tissue guards also foxed (which has offset to the respective plates) but very light & only in the margins. Cover tips and lower edges worn through to the underlying boards, Spine heel worn down to text block, spine top frayed. Paper of inner hinges cracked but hinges still strong and rest of text block tight. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001185
- Título
- NARRATIVE of the NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding ...... (1st ed)
- Autor
- Davis, C.H. 07f
- Ilustrador
- Photos, maps, charts
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - GOOD(worn) book. Red/brown cloth. Gilt dog team on front cover.
- Edición
- 1st edition
- Editorial
- Govt. Printing Office
- Lugar de publicación
- Wash, DC
- Fecha de publicación
- 1876
- Palabras clave
- GOOD book. VG inside BUT: (1)inner hinge papers cracked (2) 1st, frontis loose (3) both frontis' foxed. Thick folio, 696pp., Arctic, Exploration, bf
Términos de venta
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
Sobre el vendedor
Quiet Friends
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Lyndonville, New York
Sobre Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glosario
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
