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Peeps At The Far East: A Familiar Account Of A Visit To India
by Norman Macleod
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Strahan & Co., Publishers, 1871. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition hardback, 1871, in marbled paper covered boards quarter bound in olive calf, the spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration and maroon gilt title label. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - leather a little marked. Binding tight and appears almost unopened - possibly a later professional rebinding. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. A particularly handsome, well looked after copy. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230408
- Title
- Peeps At The Far East: A Familiar Account Of A Visit To India
- Author
- Norman Macleod
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Strahan & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Travel / India;
Terms of Sale
Hall of Books
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
Biblio member since 2020
Oswestry, Shropshire
About Hall of Books
We sell secondhand books and sheet music online and offer an eclectic (perhaps eccentric!) selection ranging from modern first edition hardbacks and quality paperbacks to the interesting, unusual and rare; the hard-to-find, collectable and out-of-print....and a lot more in between! We do our best to describe and photograph our books and music accurately, and to package them securely when they sell. We do not rely on stock images. If you need more information on a particular item, or if we have not yet uploaded a photograph for a particular listing, please contact us and we will respond by return.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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