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A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para
por Edwards, William H
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Livreiro
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Granville, New York, United States
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Sobre este item
NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. 8vo., 256pp., frontis plate plus 8pp. publisher's catalog. Blind patterned brown cloth with gilt titles. Edwards, an entomologist known for his work on butterflies, was the first American naturalist to travel in and write about South America. He collected natural history specimens for his sponsors on his voyage, and his accounts of the area inspired other expeditions. Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates were soon to follow. Light wear to the cloth at the spine and tips, 2 sheets opened roughly with light edge fray, small foxing spot on frontis tissue guard, else very good plus, pages bright white with no foxing or toning, binding crisp and tight. Very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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- Livreiro
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 008493
- Título
- A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para
- Autor
- Edwards, William H
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good Plus
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edição
- 1st
- Editorial
- D. Appleton & Co
- Local de publicação
- NY
- Data de publicação
- 1847
- Dimensão
- 8vo
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Travel and Exploration;
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The Wild Muse
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Granville, New York
Sobre The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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