Sketches and Studies: Descriptive and Historical
by Richard John King
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, London, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 488 pp. Front hinge cracked. Spine cocked with wear to ends. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48664. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48664
- Title
- Sketches and Studies: Descriptive and Historical
- Author
- Richard John King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- BZDB243 religion, myth History; Travel & Places. Unbranded Richard John King Sketches and Studies: Descriptive and Historical
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel & Places;
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Dreadnought Books
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About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.