HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA
by Beverley, Robert/Wright, Louis B. (Edited with an Introduction)/The Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: The University Of North Carolina Press, 1947. 366 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Edges and spine a bit sunned. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. DJ lightly soiled. Spine darkened w/ tiny chips to ends. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w reproductions. Howes B-410.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA
- Author
- Beverley, Robert/Wright, Louis B. (Edited with an Introduction)/The Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Publisher
- The University Of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- AMERICANA VIRGINIA STATE HISTORY VA DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL FIRST 1ST SETTLEMENTS COLONIAL PERIOD CA. CIRCA 1600 1775 NATIVE AMERICANS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA EARLY WORKS TO 1800 AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Sunned
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
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