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Pietro's Pilgrimage: A Journey To India And Back At The Beginning Of The Seventeenth Century
by Wilfrid Blunt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
James Barrie, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 320 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Wear marks to jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712209386ADA
- Title
- Pietro's Pilgrimage: A Journey To India And Back At The Beginning Of The Seventeenth Century
- Author
- Wilfrid Blunt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Barrie
- Date Published
- 1953
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- 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...
- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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