THE LIFE & EXPLORATIONS OF Dr. LIVINGSTONE
by Livingstone, Dr. David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London and Newcastle on Thyne: Adam and Charles Black, 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, THUS. n.d. circa 1885. Octavo, pp. 324. frontis, tissue guard present, complete with plates as called for. Original red decorated boards with black and gilt. Gilt to all edges of text block. Some rubbing and wear to the boards, slightly cracked front hinge, still solidly bound. Shane Leslie's copy with his book plate to verso of front board. .
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016563
- Title
- THE LIFE & EXPLORATIONS OF Dr. LIVINGSTONE
- Author
- Livingstone, Dr. David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London and Newcastle on Thyne
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- THE LIFE & EXPLORATIONS OF Dr. LIVINGSTONE ,FIRSR EDITION,Livingstone, Dr. David
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- Fiction;
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Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
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