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AN AMERICAN MERCHANT IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA
by TRAIN, George Francis
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1857. TRAIN, George Francis. AN AMERICAN MERCHANT IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA: A Series of Letters from Java, Sinagpore, China, Bengal, Egypt, The Holy Land, The Crimea and its Battle Grounds, England, Melbourne, Sydney, etc. etc. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1857. xxi + 512 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt, red and blind with globe on spine. Corners gently bumped, spine sunned, light wear and slight fraying to heel and crown, else a very nice copy. Pale green endpapers. Moderate foxing in the text. Train was a Boston merchant who among his travels settled in Melbourne, Australia and founded there the "prosperous house" of George F. Train and Co. (from the introduction by Freeman Hunt).
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82835
- Title
- AN AMERICAN MERCHANT IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA
- Author
- TRAIN, George Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1857
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Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- 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...
- Heel
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- Cloth
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- 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....
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- G
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- Sunned
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