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The Great Wonders of the World from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace
by Wigan, Arthur C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cohoes, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Routledge and Sons, London, 1856. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Skill, Frederick. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. No date but circa late 1850s. Red blind stamped in gilt stamped and decorated cloth over boards, 32 illustrations by Frederic Skill, pages not numbered, approximately 226 pages, illustrations on one side of page only. Covers worn and soiled, bumped at corners and spine ends with some wear, front hinge cracked and pulling away from text block. Illustrator: Skill, Frederick. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 4 oz. Category: Travel & Places; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 009168. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dennis Holzman Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009168
- Title
- The Great Wonders of the World from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace
- Author
- Wigan, Arthur C
- Illustrator
- Skill, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- BZDB7 NOISBN The Great Wonders of the World from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace, Frederick Skill, Arthur C. wigan Travel & Places; Books; The Great Wonders of the World from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace Wigan Arthur C
Terms of Sale
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Terms: We accept personal checks, money orders, MC/Visa.Shipping & handling: 4.50 for the first book, $2.50 each additional book after the first, including each volume of multi-volume sets. Larger, heavier books may require extra postage. We will e-mail you if this is the case. Orders outside of the U.S., please inquire for shipping costs. NY State residents: You must add 8% sales tax to the combined book price + shipping, or send a current tax ID#. We cannot ship until we receive the sales tax.Returns: You may return a book for a refund within 14 days after receipt of your book if the book is not as described.Canadian buyers:If you are paying with a money order or personal check, the money order or check must be drawn on a U.S. bank, in U.S. dollars. We apologize for any inconvenience, but we cannot afford to absorb the charge levied by our bank for deposits not meeting these criteria.Finally, if you have any questions, please e-mail! Our e-mail address is info@holzmanantiques.com.
About the Seller
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Biblio member since 2003
Cohoes, New York
About Dennis Holzman Antiques
Dennis Holzman Antiques, est. 1975, sells select antiques, hard-to-find & antiquarian books, manuscripts, and autographs both on-line and our Cohoes, N.Y. shop. We take pride in our accurate & complete book descriptions, our fast shipping, and our attention to customer service. All of our on-line books are in stock and ready to ship within 48 hours of receiving your order/payment. We answer all inquiries and welcome your questions. Visit our website: www.holzmanantiques.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
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