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The Reign of Doctor Joseph Gaspard Roderick de Francia in Paraguay; Being an Account of a Six Years' Residence in that Republic, from July 1819 to May 1825
by Rengger, J. R.; Longchamps
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Documentary Publications, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 208 pages. Hardcover bound in black buckram. Light wear to the binding. Outer edge of the text block is toned. The text is clean and sound. A reprint of the 1827 edition.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049855
- Title
- The Reign of Doctor Joseph Gaspard Roderick de Francia in Paraguay; Being an Account of a Six Years' Residence in that Republic, from July 1819 to May 1825
- Author
- Rengger, J. R.; Longchamps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Documentary Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1970; J. R. Rengger; Longchamps; Doctor Joseph Gaspard Roderick; Paraguay; Travel; History; 19th Century; South America; Government of Paraguay; Latin America.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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