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Camel Hunt; A Narrative of Personal Adventure
by Fabens, Joseph W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some rubbing in spots along joints of spine. Corner tips lightly rubbed. (See photos) Overall binding is clean, tight and attrac
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1851. First Edition. 12mo. Dark Green cloth covered boards with dark green pebbled leather spine stamped in gold. Decorative gold rules. Red glossy marbled endpapers. 219 pp. Red and white headbands. Tooled raised bands. Panels decorated with single gold flower. Some rubbing in spots along joints of spine. Corner tips lightly rubbed. (See photos) Overall binding is clean, tight and attractive. Joints supple. Inner hinges strong. Small stain (see photo of title page) which penetrates prelims. Inscription on upper right corner of title page. Overall a very good to fine copy..
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1021
- Title
- Camel Hunt; A Narrative of Personal Adventure
- Author
- Fabens, Joseph W
- Format/Binding
- 12mo. Dark Green cloth covered boards with dark green pebbled leather spine stamped in gold. Decorative gold rules. Red glossy m
- Book Condition
- Used - Some rubbing in spots along joints of spine. Corner tips lightly rubbed. (See photos) Overall binding is clean, tight and attrac
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Munroe and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1851
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Fine
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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