The Alps from End to End
by William Martin Conway
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Archibald Constable & Co., 1895. Hardcover. Good. 1895. Second Edition. 403 pages. No dust jacket. Brown and green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Gilt top text block edge. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1691150759ADA
- Title
- The Alps from End to End
- Author
- William Martin Conway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co.
- Date Published
- 1895
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...