The Switzers
by Dixon, William Hepworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett. Good with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. 3" splits to leather at head and tail of front joint. Gutter split at front hinge. No signatures. A few spots of foxing. ; x, 364 pages. Contemporary half-leather and marbled papered boards. Page dimensions: 210 x 133mm. A history of the people of Switzerland, told in an anecdotal style. Selected contents: Mountain Men; Peopling the Alps; Rain and Rocks; Teuton and Celt; Communal Authorities; Cantonal rule; Pure Democracy; A Revolution; The Federal Pact; Jesuits; Pilgrimage; Geneva; School and Camp; In the Field. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10951
- Title
- The Switzers
- Author
- Dixon, William Hepworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.