Old Quebec: the Fortress of New France
by Parker, Gilbert & Claude G. Bryan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
The Macmillan Company. Used - Good. 1904. hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. xxiv & 486 pp. Top edge gilt. Ex-Library with markings and labels. Some shelf wear, scuffing, and smudging to boards; significant discoloration to spine, chipping & fraying to head & tail of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge & binding starting, rear hinge starting, all with cellophane tape repairs. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Canada).
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- Seller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- C63883
- Title
- Old Quebec: the Fortress of New France
- Author
- Parker, Gilbert & Claude G. Bryan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...