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A Popular History of the United States from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere...
by Bryant, William Cullen; Gay, Sydney Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled end pages. Covers show moderate rubbing to edges. Former owner's name stamped on title page. Otherwise clean and tight for the grade. Includes only volume 2 of 4 volume set. ; Vol. 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 634 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3057
- Title
- A Popular History of the United States from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere...
- Author
- Bryant, William Cullen; Gay, Sydney Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong, and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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