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Kaleidoscope: Shifting Scenes from East to West
de E. Katherine Bates
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 259.09EUR 233.18
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Sobre este artículo
London: Ward and Downey, 1889. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. The first edition of E. Katherine Bates's scarce account of her world travels in the late nineteenth century. English gentlewoman Emily Katherine Bates's account of her travels in Tasmania, Sidney, Melbourne, New Zealand, China, Japan, Alaska, and the Canadian Pacific Railway.A novelist by profession, and widely travelled, Bates's first novel Egyptian Bonds (1879) depicts a group of English travellers on a Nile voyage, and her travel book A Year in the Great Republic (1887) recounts a tour of Canada and the United States. Bates also authored a number of works on spiritualism, including 1907's Seen and Unseen.An excellent copy of this scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 834F6
- Título
- Kaleidoscope: Shifting Scenes from East to West
- Autor
- E. Katherine Bates
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Ward and Downey
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1889
- Tamaño
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Palabras clave
- australia New Zealand asia travel New Zealand
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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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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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
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