Click for full-size.
Sketches of Western Adventure, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794, with an Appendix
by M'Clung, John A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dayton, OH: L.F. Claflin & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1854. Revised and Corrected Edition. Hardcover. Dark brown cloth binding rubbed at extremities & slightly cocked; spine ends & board edges frayed; backstrip cloth splitting along rear gutter; boards a bit scuffed; front hinge & a few points in textblock cracked; owner's name & book note pencilled on front paste-down; top corners of first 85 pages dampstained; 2" closed tear to front free endpaper, along hinge; leaf edges, paste-downs, endpapers & some margins foxed/smudged, else good. No dj. ; B&w fronts ils.; originally published, 1836. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 315 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47983
- Title
- Sketches of Western Adventure, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794, with an Appendix
- Author
- M'Clung, John A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised and Corrected Edition
- Publisher
- L.F. Claflin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Dayton, OH
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Western American History, Wild West Culture, Antique American History Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- US History, Regional: West;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
