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Boy Hunters, or Adventures in Search of a White Buffalo
by REID, [Thomas] Mayne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: American Publishers Corp, 1869. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. William Harvey. 12mo. Pp. 364. Frontis. engraved hunting scene. Illustrated with Harvey wood engravings. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt and decorations in black on the spine, titles and decorations in black and blind on the cover. Binding tight, leaves crisp, cover edges rubbed and corners lightly bumped, leaves minimally age toned, gift inscription in ink on a preliminary leaf. First published in 1853. The Irish-American author and Mexican-American war veteran takes no responsibility for truth in the story but "claims consideration for the truthfulness of the materials out of which it is constructed," consisting of physical rather than moral facts to interest the juvenile intellect. English Engraver Harvey was a student of Thomas Bewick and is best known for his illustrations for Lane's Arabian Nights. An especially bright, well-preserved copy.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6328
- Title
- Boy Hunters, or Adventures in Search of a White Buffalo
- Author
- REID, [Thomas] Mayne
- Illustrator
- William Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- American Publishers Corp
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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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