Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas
by Macintyre, Donald
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1889. Half-morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title and decoration, marbled endpapers, top-edge-gilt, (9 x 6 inches). First Edition. 464 pages; illustrated with chromolithograph frontis, 8 plates from drawings and photo with tissue guards (one with letterpress key), other in-text engraved illustrations. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William C. Ferguson. Showing some general wear and rubbing, internally clean. A handsomely bound book with a strong shelf presence. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006075
- Title
- Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas
- Author
- Macintyre, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Sporting & Hunting; Himalayas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...