The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 With a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks
by Oliphant, Laurence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A touch of rubbing to extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. Free front endpaper has a bit of abrasion where a pasted in sli
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Redfield, 1854. From the Third London Edition. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-3/16". 266 pp. Green textured cloth. Spine stamped in gold. 10 pp. publisher's ads. Frontispiece fold out map of Russia. A touch of rubbing to extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. Free front endpaper has a bit of abrasion where a pasted in slip may have been removed. Otherwise a tight, clean very good copy.. Embellished with lovely little wood-engraved headpieces..
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892
- Title
- The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 With a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks
- Author
- Oliphant, Laurence
- Illustrator
- Embellished with lovely little wood-engraved headpieces.
- Format/Binding
- Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-3/16". 266 pp. Green textured cloth. Spine stamped in gold. 10 pp. publisher's ads. Frontispiece fold out
- Book Condition
- Used - A touch of rubbing to extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. Free front endpaper has a bit of abrasion where a pasted in sli
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Third London Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Redfield
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
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Toledo, Ohio
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.