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Our National Parks
by John Muir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Paula, California, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright, 1901, Published November, 1901l. Very good; bumps and some fraying to head and tail of spine; a few tiny brown or black specks to spine; else Fine. Back cover Hinge split but attached. , spine straight, pages clean and bright. No dust jacket. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt titling and gilt & black vignette on front cover; top edge gilt. 370 pp. Bookseller sticker to front pastedown: "Supplied by W. F. Purnell, Sacramento". Gift inscription from Grandma Xmas, 1914. Overall, a very nice copy of an important book in American history. First edition with "Published November 1901" on copyright page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Nichols Gallery
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29
- Title
- Our National Parks
- Author
- John Muir
- Illustrator
- John Muir
- Format/Binding
- Very good; bumps and some fraying to head and tail of spine; a few tiny brown or black specks to spine; else Fine. Back cover Hi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, November 1901
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 370
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Muir, John Muir, National Parks,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John Nichols Gallery
Biblio member since 2023
Santa Paula, California
About John Nichols Gallery
The John Nichols Gallery opened in 1984 in Historic Downtown Santa Paula, California. In 1986 a new and used bookstore was opened with the gallery in the back. The name of the bookstore was Mr. Nichols. Now all the books are sold through John Nichols Gallery along with art, vintage photographs and custom framing. The current location is on the second floor of the Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th St., Santa Paula, CA. Open by appointment or by chance
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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