Salmagundi - Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus (The Works of Washington Irving Volume 5)
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Co-Operative Publication Society, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. No date, circa 1920, very good + black cloth hardcover (no dust jacket with blindstamp decoration to cover and spine and gilt letter to spine) shows mild soil and shelf wear to covers, wrinkling and small tear at front inner hinge, faint staining at top page edges near spine head and with some other light trace wear including some stiffness and waviness to pages. 576 pages with frontispiece. This remains a pleasing copy of this installment in the works of Washington Irving.
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- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31706
- Title
- Salmagundi - Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus (The Works of Washington Irving Volume 5)
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Co-Operative Publication Society
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Butte, Montana; Collectibles; Great Falls, Montana; Helena, Montana; Missoula, Montana; Rare Books; Used Books ;
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Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...