A Catalogue of Books on Africa, America and Australasia - No. 865 - 1965
by Bernard Quaritch Ltd
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Foxing and rubbing to covers. Marginalia to front cover and to Australasia and Australiana sections.; 58 pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 235 x 153mm. Antiquarian bookseller's catalogue from the London firm of Bernard Quaritch. Of note in this catalogue are some interesting items relating to the Americas, e.g. #286 Lopez de Gomara (Francisco) - La Conquista de Mexico (First edition of the second part) Zaragoza, 1552; #345 Raleigh (Sir Walter) - Guiana 1596. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20854
- Title
- A Catalogue of Books on Africa, America and Australasia - No. 865 - 1965
- Author
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- First Edition
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...