Round the World with Galathea
by Hakon Mielche
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Hodge & Co, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. First Edition. 241 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Translated by M.A. Michael. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1649357411DPB
- Title
- Round the World with Galathea
- Author
- Hakon Mielche
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Hodge & Co
- Date Published
- 1953
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...