A Journey To Central Africa; Life And Landscapes From Egypt To The Negro Kingdoms Of The White Nile
by Taylor, Bayard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
£12.84£10.27
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About This Item
G. P. Putnam, 1864. Book. Illus. by Illustrated in Black and White . Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Lacking map. Eleventh Edition. Green pebbled cloth with gilt titles & decoration on spine. Moderate wear, aging, soiling to covers. Fraying to spine ends, tips worn through. Binding is firm. Spine is moderately cocked. Wear to colored endpapers; age spotting at ends; marking in pencil to half title page; light creasing to a few upper page corners; text is age toned, with spotting in margins throughout. .
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 084067
- Title
- A Journey To Central Africa; Life And Landscapes From Egypt To The Negro Kingdoms Of The White Nile
- Author
- Taylor, Bayard
- Illustrator
- Illustrated in Black and White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
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Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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- 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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