SIAM - THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT - AS IT WAS AND IS
by Bacon, George B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Illustrated LIbrary of Travel series. SCARCE. 296 pages. Revised by Thomas Stevens. Frontispiece illustrated with 2 page folded b/w plate. 24 additional illustrations in text. Spine loose at front endpapers. Pages good condition. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Upper board shows light wear. Lower board soiled and spotted. Spine worn. Edges and corners lightly worn. GOOD+. Hard Cover. Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038659
- Title
- SIAM - THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT - AS IT WAS AND IS
- Author
- Bacon, George B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Travel, Siam
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.