Chapman and Hall 1856. FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt aristocratic illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + 351pp, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some minor loss, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, varying degrees of foxing to pages throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- v heavy to gutter of pgs 216/217 with some separation of binding) please feel free to ask for photos!

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 318129
Title: A Vacation in Brittany
Author: WELD, CHARLES RICHARD
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chapman and Hall 1856
Keywords: first editions original bindings Charles Richard Weld adventure travel writing literature France French

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
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...
AEG: All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
G+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...