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Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady

Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady

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Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady

by Mrs. Henry Freshfield (a Lady)

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Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. x + 232pp. Hinges cracked. Main text block remains firmly bound. Rear joint split with spine coming away from back cover. Front joint beginning to split. 4.5cm loss at base of spine, slight loss at head. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Malta Garrison Library book-plate to front pastedown. Mudie's Library book-plate to front board. Edges browned. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Blind stamped cloth. Contains frontispiece, 7 illustrations and 4 maps. All are present but one illustration is torn. Some tissue guards are absent. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20810. .

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Bookseller
Dreadnought Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
20810
Title
Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady
Author
Mrs. Henry Freshfield (a Lady)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fair Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1861
Keywords
BZDB243 sports, leisure, travel, bio, history, C19th, Europe Mountaineering; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Mrs. Henry Freshfield (a Lady) Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady
Bookseller catalogs
Biography & Autobiography; Mountaineering;

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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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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,...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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
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Text Block
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Spine
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Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....

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