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A Residence in France with an Excursion up the Rhine and a Second Visit to Switzerland. (2 volumes).
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good, volume one lacks the spine label, joints beginning to split, bookplates of John Waldie to pastedowns.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London.: Richard Bentley, 1836. 1st Edition.. Contemporary full brown calf, gilt spine decorations, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.. Very good, volume one lacks the spine label, joints beginning to split, bookplates of John Waldie to pastedowns. . 12mo., 19x11.5 cm.. An uncommon travelogue by the noted American author. weight: 1.8 lb.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355621
- Title
- A Residence in France with an Excursion up the Rhine and a Second Visit to Switzerland. (2 volumes).
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full brown calf, gilt spine decorations, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, volume one lacks the spine label, joints beginning to split, bookplates of John Waldie to pastedowns.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1836
- Pages
- xi, 300: xi, 312 pp.
- Size
- 12mo., 19x11.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Zephyr Books
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- 12mo
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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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