Aloha" A Hawaiian Salutation
by Chaney, George Leonard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880. First Edition. HB. Brown cloth, gilt design and lettering on front cover,gilt lettering on spine, small 8vo, 299 pp., brown endpapers. Frontis illustration of palm trees, and 2 full-page plates within text. Fold-out map of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Half title page and frontis, with tissue guard, detached, but present, rear hinge starting to crack, owners name and inscription on ffep. No marks in book. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LZ7945
- Title
- Aloha" A Hawaiian Salutation
- Author
- Chaney, George Leonard
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
All books returnable within two weeks of receipt for any reason with full refund. Return postage will be reimbursed if book not as described or damaged in transit. Payment by check or money order in U.S. dollars, or payment via credit card through the Biblio check-out.
About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...