Lectures on India, also Descriptions of Remarkable Customs & Personages in other Pagan & Mohammedan Countries
by Wright, Caleb
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Wright , 1849. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Handsome original brown cloth with very little edgewear, and bright gilt title and decoration on the spine, an Indian couple in gilt on the front board. Pages 288. Over 120 woodcuts, including full page costume plates. This was an early American book about India, quite popular because of the illustrations, and the author sold many as a spinoff from his busy lecture tours. The last chapter is a 20 page essay on Superstitions of the Ashantees (now Ghana, in West Africa). Although fairly easy to find this book, most are badly foxed or browned inside. This one is very clean and tight, with slight deterioration only on the preliminary pages before and after the text block, which is completely free of stains or foxing. No prior owner marks, protected in a mylar, clear dustjacket. Images available on request..
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006309
- Title
- Lectures on India, also Descriptions of Remarkable Customs & Personages in other Pagan & Mohammedan Countries
- Author
- Wright, Caleb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Wright
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1849
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- INDIA ASIA HINDU WRIGHT ILLUSTRATED BY 56 FULL P,70 TEXT WOODCUTS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa, Sub-Saharan;
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Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
About Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Mostly Travel and Scholarly Books on Africa, Asia and the Middle East
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Tight
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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