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Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries
de Walter Hamilton
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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John Murray, London, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. WALTER HAMILTON, ESQ. Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries, in 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1820. Quartos, first editions, pp. xlii, large folding map, 766; iv, 830, 1 (addendum), gray cloth boards half-bound in brown sheep with black morocco labels on spines, folding map measuring about 31x25 inches or 79x64cm, drafted and engraved by Sid. Hall for John Murray. Covers what we know as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. As author of this work and the East-India Gazetteer, Hamilton created for the British reader a detailed view of distant parts of the Empire. Condition of these books: Overall very good and clean, short tears in preliminary leaves and in lower center of map, hinges cracked in V1, V2 has been rebacked with neat tape repairs to hinges. Moderate wear and bumping to covers. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; India; 19th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53707. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 53707
- Título
- Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries
- Autor
- Walter Hamilton
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1820
- Palabras clave
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; India; 19th century; Travel & Places. Walter Hamilton Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
