Journal of a Voyage to Australia By the Cape of Good Hope, Six Months in Melbourne, and Return to England By Cape Horn: Including Scenes and Sayings on Sea and Land
by Sinclair Thomson Duncan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
United Kingdom: James Gemmell, George IV Bridge. Good. 1884. Hardcover. A good 1884 "New and Enlarged" edition in soiled/aged red cloth covered boards with bright rubbed gilt decoration and titles and a small cup ring on the front board, the corners are quite bumped and rubbed, the tanned spine with dulled gilt letters is quite bumped/rubbed to the ends, internally strong intact hinges, no writing or stamps, unmarked pages soiled to the text-block edges. Both the original frontispiece and folding map are clean and bright. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 60x40 .
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- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49855
- Title
- Journal of a Voyage to Australia By the Cape of Good Hope, Six Months in Melbourne, and Return to England By Cape Horn: Including Scenes and Sayings on Sea and Land
- Author
- Sinclair Thomson Duncan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- James Gemmell, George IV Bridge
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Sea Voyage, Voyage to Australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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The Old Bookshelf
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.