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SIGHTS IN THE GOLD REGION, AND SCENES BY THE WAY.
by JOHNSON, THEODORE T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor Edge Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Baker and Scribner ., 1849. Gilt lettering. Spine is very slightly worn, top edge frayed, a small bit of cloth missing from the lower hinge. Offsetting on front endpapers from clipping. Small tear at bottom of free edge of the front fly leaf. Blank leaf at end of text has been torn out. An attractive, bright binding with clean interior with only the slightest foxing. 278pp. See Howes J154, Graff 2223, Wagner-Camp 167g:l.. First Edition. Brown Blind-stamped Cloth.. Minor Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000825
- Title
- SIGHTS IN THE GOLD REGION, AND SCENES BY THE WAY.
- Author
- JOHNSON, THEODORE T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Edge Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Baker and Scribner .
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- WESTERN AMERICANA GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA MINING HOWES C46
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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....
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