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A JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA, or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile (1st ed)
de Taylor, Bayard 07b
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- GOOD book. Spine ends chipped.Tips worn. Orig embossed red cloth
- Librería
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Putnam. GOOD book. Spine ends chipped.Tips worn. Orig embossed red cloth. (1854). 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book.Gilt vignette of North African (Arab) on front cover, gilt obelisk on spine. Neatly inked name, Dec 25, 1854 inside. . Light foxing throughout. 8vo, 522pp. BAL 19646 with the BAL type "T" cloth. Backstrip attached only at front hinge. Tight binding. Lithographed frontis & (4) full page illus with tissue guards. Many in text woodcuts. Frontis from a Matthew Brady daguerrotype. A dozen or so in text wood cuts. Map at back unfolds once vertically & twice horizontally. Map's central folding point, next to the spine, has a 2" tear. Other than the 2" tear, a flawless map. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001921
- Título
- A JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA, or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile (1st ed)
- Autor
- Taylor, Bayard 07b
- Ilustrador
- Taylor's map & illustrations
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - GOOD book. Spine ends chipped.Tips worn. Orig embossed red cloth
- Edición
- 1st edition.
- Editorial
- Putnam
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- (1854)
- Palabras clave
- GOOD book.Gilt vignette of North African (Arab) on front cover, gilt, obelisk on spine. Neatly inked name, Dec 25, 1854 inside.
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Quiet Friends
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Lyndonville, New York
Sobre Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
