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The Diamond Fields of Southern Africa
by Wagner, Percy Albert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Johannesburg: The Transvaal Leader, 1914. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 25 x 19 cm. Royal octavo. xxv 347pp Bibliography, 36 plates some fold-out, frontispiece. Two fold-out maps in rear in nice condition. Errata slip before preface.Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Front gutter starting between pages iv-v and 346-347. Foxing to first few pages and foredges. Rubbing to the edges of the boards. First English language edition, much enlarged from the 1909 German edition.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64326
- Title
- The Diamond Fields of Southern Africa
- Author
- Wagner, Percy Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- The Transvaal Leader
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1914
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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