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The Mound Builders; Being an Account of a Remarkable People That Once Inhabited the Valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, Together with an Investigation Into the Archaeology of Butler County, O [Ohio]
by MacLean, J. P
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co., 1879. First edition, 1879. Externally worn ex-library copy in rust colored cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering, frontis engraving and numerous other engravings throughout, folding map at rear, 233 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers heavily rubbed with wearthrough at the corners and spine ends, library spine label, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound, front free endpaper detached and chipped, library labels inside front cover, library cancellation stamp on title page, pages clean and otherwise unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Seller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 046863
- Title
- The Mound Builders; Being an Account of a Remarkable People That Once Inhabited the Valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, Together with an Investigation Into the Archaeology of Butler County, O [Ohio]
- Author
- MacLean, J. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY MIDWEST NATIVE PEOPLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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