My Wanderings: Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53; My Wanderings: Being Travels in the East in 1855-56, 1859-60. 2 vols. (Complete)
by Gadsby, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- poor to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Gadsby, 1881. Later printing, Stereotyped edition, Revised. Hardcover. poor to vg. Octavo. 594, [30], 546, [6], 10, [2]pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spines. Fascinating work being an account of the author's first, second and third visits to the East (first volume), and the author's fourth and fifth visits to the East (second volume). It is profusely illustrated with 1 large color-outlined folding map and numerous in-text and full page wood engravings. Age-wear on bindings with front board of first volume partly detached, head and tail of spines partly chipped, rubbing on covers, corners and along edges. Spines age-toned. Book block of first volume detached from binding. Previous owner's inscription on free front endpaper of first volume and dated 1890. Several leaves detached in first volume (but present). Minor and sporadic creasing on pages. Binding of first volume in poor, interior of same volume in good condition. Binding of second volume in fair to good-, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21188
- Title
- My Wanderings: Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53; My Wanderings: Being Travels in the East in 1855-56, 1859-60. 2 vols. (Complete)
- Author
- Gadsby, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - poor to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing, Stereotyped edition, Revised
- Publisher
- Gadsby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- 19th century travels to the East, Wood-engravings, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- VG
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- Edges
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- Fair
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- Poor
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
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