SCENES OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY IN CALIFORNIA
by Hutchings, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good+. 1865. Hardcover. Rebound in clean maroon buckram cloth that has a spine label with gilt title. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with numerous engraved illustrations. 267pp and a 34pp. Catalog of Books. California's natural attractions. Western Americana ; Engraved Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16578
- Title
- SCENES OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY IN CALIFORNIA
- Author
- Hutchings, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Western Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...