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Travels in North America, In The Years 1827 and 1828
by Hall, Captain Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Cadell and Co. and Simpkine and Marshall, 1829. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in very good+ condition elaborately bound in full brown leather (calf) diced on the boards with a gilt border, three raised bands on the spines with gilt tooling and two black leather title blocks with gilt text. On volumes I and III the black leather title blocks are chipped with only minor losses to the gilt text. The edges of the text blocks are marbled. Each is a 7mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" with an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste downs of each volume. Each volume also has the remains of silk placement ribbons sewn-in at the heads of the spines. Volume I contains 421 pages and is illustrated with hand colored fold-out map at the front of the book. The map is in excellent condition with only a small 1/3" closed tear at its margin. Volume II contains 432 pages; and, volume III contains 436 pages followed by a fold-out table of financial and census data for the various states then part of the United States of America. Considered "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, H-47; Sabin, 29275; Clark III, 48)
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB26696
- Title
- Travels in North America, In The Years 1827 and 1828
- Author
- Hall, Captain Basil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cadell and Co. and Simpkine and Marshall
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1829
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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