Glimpses of New Zealand; Being a Collection of High-class and Perfectly-finished Views of the Beautiful Britain of the South
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co 1896. Oblong quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, 192 black & white plates & 22pp index to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)
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- Title
- Glimpses of New Zealand; Being a Collection of High-class and Perfectly-finished Views of the Beautiful Britain of the South
- Author
- N/A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co 1896
- Keywords
- New Zealand travel literature culture scenery photography photos
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- 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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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"...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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