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*** SHIPPING NOTE *** Due to the value of this volume, and current issues with USPS service, I am ONLY offering shipping via UPS or FedEx, using their ground services. If you wish more expedited service please let me know. As regards USPS services, I will only override that setting and use USPS at buyer request, and then only with your firm understanding in writing that you release me from any indemnity should the parcel go missing. I'm sorry to have to take special steps, but I'd prefer that you receive the book that you are ordering! ***** TITLE: Our Globe: A Universal Picturesque Album AUTHOR: NABI, North American Bibliographic Institution PUBLISHER: North American Bibliographic Institution, Date: 1850 ISBN: N/A (pre-ISBN publication) FORMAT: Hardcover, 394 pages EDITION: Presumed First Edition PRINTING [if applicable]: No Stated Printing BOOK CONDITION: Fair JACKET CONDITION: No Jacket (As Issued) DIMENSIONS (if available): 10.50 x 7.50 x 1.75 in.approx. KEYWORDS: Gazetteer, Our, Globe, North, American, Bibliographic, Institutution, Woodcuts, Vintage, Text, European, World, Sites, Historical, Interest DESCRIPTION: An unusual volume, this is a bound collection of engravings of various famous sites around the world, along with several pages of affiliated text. According to the frontispiece, they were issued as a series, and the pages presented are the first year's edition, volumes 1 to 52 (although they are not numbered, nor is there any apparent order to them. However, the fascinating images of life in the mid-19th century are entirely absorbing, and the descriptive text is quite interesting. The volume is undated, but various book sites place its publication roughly between 1840 and 1850 (even the Library of Congress gives the date as "184-?" !). A rare and unusual example of this vintage view of our world. CONDITION: Significant wear to gilt-decorated boards, including hinges and spine (please see photos), as well as tops and bottoms of boards. Gilt edging to all three exposed surfaces of the text block. Binding is generally sound with only a few loose pages detected. Previous owner has taped LOC cataloguing tag on spine, and bookplate on the IFC. Inside pages vary in paper quality, some apparently much more acidic than others. Pages can be age-spotted and several different shades of brown. Tissue guards appear to be present for all of the images, varying colours of tissue papers, some have come loose but are still present. FROM THE BOOKSELLER: Thank you for visiting the Dactyl Books eBay Store! Dactyl Books is a second-hand and antiquarian reseller of books specialising in History, Science, Literature, and Mystery & Detective Fiction, but we have a little bit of everything in our boxes of goodies! If you are looking for a specific title or edition, don't hesitate to send it on to us and we will be glad to check our stocks and give you our opinion on how best to find your desired title. SHIPPING NOTES: Orders placed will generally be shipped within one business day. If you are in the United States and need the book faster, please choose the express shipping option for USPS. International customers are recommended to insure their shipping: Dactyl Books uses the eBay Global Shipping Programme. We pack carefully and securely, with our best hope being that the book reaches you in exactly the condition that it leaves us. Due to weight and size restrictions, a few items may require additional postage: please contact us with questions or for more details. TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS IN OUR LISTINGS: For your convenience, here is a quick list of terms and abbreviations that I commonly use in listings: IBC: Inside Back Cover IBEP: Inside Back End Paper IFC: Inside Front Cover IFEP: Inside Front End Paper Text-Block: The body of the book contained between the covers. NOTES ON EDITIONS: I use a number of resources to attempt to determine the edition of the book that I am listing. My most frequently referenced resource is Zempel and Verkler's "First Editions: A Guide to Identification," although I sometimes use other internet sources and make comparisons with listings I find on various internet sites. Errors, if any, remain my own. ON "MAKING AN OFFER" THROUGH eBay: Many of these items have automatic levels at which offers will be accepted which we have pre-set through eBay. Making an offer within the pre-determined range will result in your offer being immediately accepted. A few items also have levels below which offers will be declined. ALL offers are reviewed, and reasonable offers are always considered (although it being my business, I am the one who defines "reasonable"). If you have a question about making an offer on an item, do drop me a line. We strive to be extremely careful and diligent in describing our listings, but if you receive a book and don't feel that it's quite what you ordered, please contact us through the "Contact Seller" link to see what we can do for you. To avoid the chances of this happening, if you have a question about a book or other item, or would like to see additional photos, please use the "Contact Seller" link in the item description and let us know what you need. We will do our best to answer your questions *before* any sale. Thank you for ordering from Dactyl Books! -- William FROM THE BOOKSELLER: Thank you for visiting the Dactyl Books eBay Store! Dactyl Books is a second-hand and antiquarian reseller of books specialising in History, Science, Literature, and Mystery & Detective Fiction, but we have a little bit of everything in our boxes of goodies! If you are looking for a specific title or edition, don't hesitate to send it on to us and we will be glad to check our stocks and give you our opinion on how best to find your desired title. SHIPPING NOTES: Orders placed will generally be shipped within one business day. If you are in the United States and need the book faster, please choose the express shipping option for USPS. International customers are recommended to insure their shipping: Dactyl Books uses the eBay Global Shipping Programme. We pack carefully and securely, with our best hope being that the book reaches you in exactly the condition that it leaves us. Due to weight and size restrictions, a few items may require additional postage: please contact us with questions or for more details. TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS IN OUR LISTINGS: For your convenience, here is a quick list of terms and abbreviations that I commonly use in listings: IBC: Inside Back Cover IBEP: Inside Back End Paper IFC: Inside Front Cover IFEP: Inside Front End Paper Text-Block: The body of the book contained between the covers. NOTES ON EDITIONS: I use a number of resources to attempt to determine the edition of the book that I am listing. My most frequently referenced resource is Zempel and Verkler's "First Editions: A Guide to Identification," although I sometimes use other internet sources and make comparisons with listings I find on various internet sites. Errors, if any, remain my own. ON "MAKING AN OFFER" THROUGH eBay: Many of these items have automatic levels at which offers will be accepted which we have pre-set through eBay. Making an offer within the pre-determined range will result in your offer being immediately accepted. A few items also have levels below which offers will be declined. ALL offers are reviewed, and reasonable offers are always considered (although it being my business, I am the one who defines "reasonable"). If you have a question about making an offer on an item, do drop me a line. We strive to be extremely careful and diligent in describing our listings, but if you receive a book and don't feel that it's quite what you ordered, please contact us through the "Contact Seller" link to see what we can do for you. To avoid the chances of this happening, if you have a question about a book or other item, or would like to see additional photos, please use the "Contact Seller" link in the item description and let us know what you need. We will do our best to answer your questions *before* any sale. Thank you for ordering from Dactyl Books! -- William