Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes
by Phillips, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Adam & Charles Black; 1853; Sixth Edition
- Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Adam & Charles Black; 1853; Sixth Edition. Tan cloth embossed boards with gilt titles and decoration to front board and spine. Fair, sunning, corners bumped, spine split at joint. Hinges cracked, several previous owner names. Front fold - out map slightly tattered. Black and white frontispiece, several tables, maps ( two fold-out), and black and white illustrated plates. 251 pages plus 48 pages of ads. Includes Synoptical view of the mountains of the lake district, Memoranda for Botanists, Appendix, and Index. Sixth Edition; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8163
- Title
- Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes
- Author
- Phillips, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Adam & Charles Black; 1853; Sixth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
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About the Seller
Bluestocking Books
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Bangor, Pennsylvania
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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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...