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AMERICAN SCENERY; or, Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
by WILLIS, N. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Endpapers foxed, plates generally clean with some light to moderate foxing, mainly in the margins. Light wear to bindings with r
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Virtue, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers foxed, plates generally clean with some light to moderate foxing, mainly in the margins. Light wear to bindings with rubbing, mostly to the joints; covers tight. Very Good. W. H. Bartlett. Two 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated full green morocco leather, all edges gilt. Beautifully illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and map, 2 engraved title-pages, and 117 steel engravings after W. H. Bartlett, all with tissue guards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021466
- Title
- AMERICAN SCENERY; or, Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
- Author
- WILLIS, N. P
- Illustrator
- W. H. Bartlett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Endpapers foxed, plates generally clean with some light to moderate foxing, mainly in the margins. Light wear to bindings with r
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Virtue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Americana, 19th Century American Literature, W. H. Bartlett
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; 19th Century; W. H. Bartlett;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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