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A Pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819 - 1880
by Georgia Willis Read (ed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Blue diaper-grain cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound and square in case; bright, clean interior; many leaves are unopened at fore edge. DJ is price-clipped; clean with no edge wear; some age darkening of spine and very slightly along cover edges. Fold-out map intact and As New but with slight age darkening of innermost fold. 8vo, 185 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19307
- Title
- A Pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819 - 1880
- Author
- Georgia Willis Read (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WESTERN; AMERICANA; EMIGRATION; WAGON TRAINS; GOLD MINES; CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; SILVER; CIVIL WAR; NAVY; SAILING SHIPS; HUMBOLDT RIVER; PLACERVILLE; JEFFERSON; PLATTE; OREGON TRAIL;SIERRA NEVADA; MOUNTAINS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History, Biography;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Fore Edge
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- New
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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