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Early American Inns and Taverns
by Elsie Lathrop
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New Edition 1935 stated on copyright page, comprensive look at early American Inns and Taverns, heavily illustrtated with black and white photographs, 365 pages, Book is Fine ultra clean blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board, tight and square with sharp points, previous owner tasteful bookplate on first free page, unmarked endpapers, Jacket is Very Good Plus, top edge and head of spine light chipping else Fine, bright and clear jacket. Slipcase is Very Good Plus, a few minor nicks, ilustrated frot board pastedown nice and clear. A very clean and superior copy in rare slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000825
- Title
- Early American Inns and Taverns
- Author
- Elsie Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- American Homes, Early American Homes
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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