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Petr Petrovich Semenov: Travels in the Tian-Shan, 1856-1857
by Semenov, Petr Petrovich; Colin Thomas [Editor]; Colin Thomas [Translator]; Liudmila Gilmour [Translator]; Marcus Wheeler [Translator];
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0904180603
- ISBN 13
- 9780904180602
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 5x1x8. First thus. Hakluyt Society, 1998; no later printings indicated; xlii, 269pp. Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 146. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of light blue cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; light rubbing to front and rear panels; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306040
- Title
- Petr Petrovich Semenov: Travels in the Tian-Shan, 1856-1857
- Author
- Semenov, Petr Petrovich; Colin Thomas [Editor]; Colin Thomas [Translator]; Liudmila Gilmour [Translator]; Marcus Wheeler [Translator];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0904180603
- ISBN 13
- 9780904180602
- Publisher
- The Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 16 oz
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About The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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