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Atkinson's Exploratons and Adventures in Siberia
by Atkinson, Thomas Witlam
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Medford, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia PA: John E. Potter and Company, 1882. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. From the title page: "ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A NARRATIVE OF SEVEN YEARS' EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN SIBERIA, MONGOLIA, THE KIRGHIS STEPPES, CHINESE TARTARY, AND PART OF CENTRAL ASIA BY THOMAS WITLAM ARKINSON. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS" Only date stated appears to be 1882. 7 3/4" tall hardcover. Fraying and bumping along edges and corners of boards. Rubbing and general shelf wear to boards. A couple of small closed tears along spine area. Splitting along seams of end pages. POs name on second front end page. Pages are fairly tight but book will lay open. The PO has neatly underlined in red ink, proper names in the book. Otherwise pages appear unmarked. Book appears to have been read so I did see some finger marks. 483+ pages. The book is showing age and reading wear but is perfectly readable and is not falling apart in any way.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Books and Music
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2310026
- Title
- Atkinson's Exploratons and Adventures in Siberia
- Author
- Atkinson, Thomas Witlam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John E. Potter and Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia PA
- Date Published
- 1882
- Pages
- 483
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel/Adventure; Autobiography/Biography/Memoir; Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Studies/Sociology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Village Books and Music
Biblio member since 2006
Medford, Oregon
About Village Books and Music
Independent bookstore in Southern Oregon selling used books of all ages. Over 60,000 in stock; only a fraction listed online. Large selection of Oregon history, signed First editions, collectible children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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