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THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF ST. DOMINGO. 2 Volumes
by Brown, J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:Weeks, Jordan and Co., 1839. 2nd Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/09/0_img_8960.jpg. Boston:Weeks, Jordan and Co. 1839. 2nd edition. 307pp and 289pp. Hardcovers. Boards soiled, worn and sun-faded with bits of cloth chipping away along spine strip and gutters. Labels on spine strips intact. Page edges soiled. Internally, end-pages foxed with a previous owners name inked to top of 1st free endpage in both volumes, with a different name lightly inked to top of title page in both volumes. Otherwise, moderate to at times heavy foxing scattered throughout. Both volumes are tight with hinges intact.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25613
- Title
- THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF ST. DOMINGO. 2 Volumes
- Author
- Brown, J
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/09/0_img_8960.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston:Weeks, Jordan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- CARIBBEAN; HAITI; HISTORY;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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