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Land of Savagery, Land of Promise The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century
by Billington, Ray Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0393013766
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013764
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
W W Norton & Co Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth-backed boards. First edition stated with full number line. Inscribed to the ffep by Billington. Slight foxing. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly foxed, trace shelfwear. ; 127 X 25 X 203 millimeters; 380 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46783
- Title
- Land of Savagery, Land of Promise The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Billington, Ray Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393013766
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013764
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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