A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland
by Murray
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bath, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1858 Murrays Hand-Book Northern Germany in gilt on brown covers, spine missing, boards holding, text block tight. Inked U. B. Lockwood 1859 on fep and title pg. Notice. Linen foldout map showing railroads good no tears, 572 pgs. index. Index to Advertisers. 36 pgs ads. complete with all folding charts. scarce copy.. Illus. by With Maps and Plans. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Owner's Name. Twelth Edition Corrected.. Cloth. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Open Door Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00281130
- Title
- A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland
- Author
- Murray
- Illustrator
- With Maps and Plans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Twelth Edition Corrected.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- GERMANY HOLLAND BELGIUM PRUSSIA MURRARY
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Open Door Books
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Bath, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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