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BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: COMPRISING BRITISH CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON, NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
by [Canada]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Religious Tract Societ, 1864. viii,370pp., plus two maps (one folding) and six pages of advertisements. Original green publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Front hinge cracked, boards slightly rubbed. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Light tanning and dustsoiling at text block edges. Very good plus. A scarce mid-19th century description and guide to Canada, with several chapters on the colonial history of the country, its commercial attractions, and its native inhabitants. TPL 9165. LOWTHER 225. SABIN 8114
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM51979
- Title
- BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: COMPRISING BRITISH CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON, NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
- Author
- [Canada]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Societ
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- 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,...