VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OR SCENES IN MANY LANDS- FOUR VOLUMES
by De Colange, Leo - Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good++/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Farmingville, New York, United States
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About This Item
E. W. Walker & Co, 1887. Good++/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcovers: Four volumes: Volume 1 part one, volume 1 part two, volume 2 part one, and volume 2 part two. Four matching pale green cloth boards with decoration in gold, black and orange. Boards are soiled. Beveled edged boards and spines are rubbed and worn through. Titles on frontboards and on spines. Gilt edges. Endpapers are foxed. Occasional foxing to text. Frontispieces in all volumes are tissue-guarded. Eight hundred and fifty illustrations of views from all parts of the world, comprising Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Palaces, Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys and Ruins. Fascinating descriptions of famous cities, countries etc. Nice tight bindings. .
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- Bookseller
- Koster's Collectible Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- INVENT023846I
- Title
- VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OR SCENES IN MANY LANDS- FOUR VOLUMES
- Author
- De Colange, Leo - Editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. W. Walker & Co
- Date Published
- 1887
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Koster's Collectible Books
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Farmingville, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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