Norway, Sweden, And Denmark With Excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen
by Baedeker, Karl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Tenth Edition. lx;478(38)pp. 16mo. Bound in original blind stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Marble edges on textblock. Two ribbon markers. Yellow coated front end papers with advertisements. Map of Sweden and Norway on rear end papers. Includes 62 maps and 42 plans. Also contains a booklet at the rear on Norwegian and Swedish grammar. Wear to the spine and corners. Slightly cracked hinge. Some underlining in orange pencil. In good condition. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. 1912
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141799
- Title
- Norway, Sweden, And Denmark With Excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen
- Author
- Baedeker, Karl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Karl Baedeker
- Place of Publication
- Leipsic
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Norway|Sweden|Denmark|Guidebook
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...