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RHODODENDRON LAKE AND MOUNTAIN SCENERY OF THE SWISS ALPS
by Bonney, T. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stroefer and Kirchner. Good+. 1874. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bound in original brown cloth decorated in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. [8, 148pp]. Illustrated with photographs of oil paintings of the Swiss Alps Oberland district by G. Closs & O. Frolicher along with woodcuts from sketches by G. Roux. Each of the 24 numbered albumin photos are mounted within a frame on heavy stock paper. Internal hinges & text are tight & intact. This first English edition was not translated directly from the original German editions but is mainly drawn from the author's notes & recollections of tours made through the district. Some rubbing to spine, spine ends, edges & front corners. Slight loss at spine head. A few flecks of foxing on front prelims only. Bookplate of noted mountaineer Vernon Howard. Switzerland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17619
- Title
- RHODODENDRON LAKE AND MOUNTAIN SCENERY OF THE SWISS ALPS
- Author
- Bonney, T. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Stroefer and Kirchner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Switzerland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Bookplate
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- G
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Spine
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