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A History of Geographical Discovery and Exploration
by J N L Baker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harleston, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G Harrap, 1931. First edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 1046 8vo. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, gilt motif and motto to front board, 544 pages. Map as frontispiece, others in run of text, as separate plates (black and white) and some folding, on india paper (bound in). Condition notes: Boards rubbed, worn and tired-looking. Age-tanning to prelims and end papers, bibliographical slip tipped in to half title, all folding maps in very good condition (although with no list of maps in the Contents pages it is impossible to be sure that all are present).
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- Bookseller
- Duck Cottage Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6610
- Title
- A History of Geographical Discovery and Exploration
- Author
- J N L Baker
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- geography, history of geography, history of exploration
- Size
- 1046 8vo
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About the Seller
Duck Cottage Books
Biblio member since 2010
Harleston, Norfolk
About Duck Cottage Books
Mixed stock that currently includes military history, geography and the history of geography, factory legislation and its history.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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