Early Travels in Palestine, Comprising the Narratives of Arculf, Willibald, Bernard, Saewulf, Sigurd, Benjamin of Tudela, Sir John Maundeville, De La Brocquiere, and Maundrell
by Wright, Thomas (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. One of the famous travel-cum-scholarship books of the 19th Century. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition, part of "Bohn's Antiquarian Library." Green cloth binding with blindstamped decorations. Gilt lettering on the spine (including the original price of 5 shillings at the foot). Clean text; 517 pages. This is an ex-library copy, but with minimal treatments: evidence of a card pocket on the rear paste-down; pasted label of the "Zion Research Library" on the front, dated 1933, covers an earlier private bookplate. There are four pages of publisher's adverts in the front, which is missing the first endpaper. The spine has turned to a brown color and has some chipping. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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- Seller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002108
- Title
- Early Travels in Palestine, Comprising the Narratives of Arculf, Willibald, Bernard, Saewulf, Sigurd, Benjamin of Tudela, Sir John Maundeville, De La Brocquiere, and Maundrell
- Author
- Wright, Thomas (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mid East History & Literature;
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Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Bookplate
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- G
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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