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David Livingstone The Story of His Life and Travels
de David Livingstone
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1888. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Various. A smart copy of this autobiographical work by David Livingstone, illustrated throughout. David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era.Containing eighteen illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of the author and a facsimile signature. Containing a prize bookplate to the front pastedown: 'Sunday School, Parish of S. Mary, Leicester, Prize, Frederick Knight, H.V. Broughton, Vicar, Christmas 1889'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight bumping and fading to the head and tail of spine as well as to the corners. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown, and slight offsetting to the front and rear free-endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages contain the odd spot or handling mark, as well as a small stain to the gutter on page 31, but otherwise pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 789J45
- Título
- David Livingstone The Story of His Life and Travels
- Autor
- David Livingstone
- Ilustrador
- Various
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1888
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- David Livingstone travels autobiography missionary travels Medicine
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
