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The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia: Their Pastures, Copper Mines and Gold Fields
by Samuel Sidney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Revised second (and best) edition. Contemporary full black calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands, morocco title label, gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Double gilt fillet border to boards, gilt decorated board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. A little light marking to boards, light rubbing to spine. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. The large fold-out map has two short tears at the hinge but is otherwise excellent. Well illustrated. Very clean text throughout. Gift inscription to leading blank: 'Malcolm McNeill from his sincere friend T. Edward Bagge, on his leaving Eton, April 1854.'. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 412, [4] (ads)
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206T098
- Title
- The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia: Their Pastures, Copper Mines and Gold Fields
- Author
- Samuel Sidney
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ingram, Cooke and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21.5
- Keywords
- Australia, Travel_Exploration/Oceania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Travel: Oceania;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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