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Works: Oregon Trail; Conspiracy of Pontiac; Pioneers of France; Jesuits in North America; LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West; Old Régime in Canada; Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV; Half-Century of Conflict; Montcalm & Wolfe [complete set
by Parkman, Francis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Twelve volume set of Parkman's works, complete. Hardcovers, full brown cloth with black & blindstamped decoration, gilt titling; as pictured. A uniform set, noted editions varying from 8th to 29th, dates from 1891 to 1894, assembled shortly after the publication of the final volumes, A Half-Century of Conflict, in 1892; those volumes are here dated 1894. General wear, minor stains, some bumping & rubbing to the corners, spine ends frayed, ink and/or pencil name in most volumes, inked-out labels in a couple volumes; a few volumes show minor gutter gaps & some splitting at the inner hinges; paper lightly tanned. With maps (some folding), a frontispiece, indexes in most volumes.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0453
- Title
- Works: Oregon Trail; Conspiracy of Pontiac; Pioneers of France; Jesuits in North America; LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West; Old Régime in Canada; Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV; Half-Century of Conflict; Montcalm & Wolfe [complete set
- Author
- Parkman, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Colonial America, Canada, French and Indian Wars, North America
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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