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Switzerland: Picturesque and Descriptive
by Cook, Joel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1904. First printing. 519 pp. plus 25 illustrations. A beautiful red binding with gilt decoration. Light wear to the spine ends. Previous owner's name and address are pencilled on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding. The dust jacket is sunned on the spine and creased on the rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014723
- Title
- Switzerland: Picturesque and Descriptive
- Author
- Cook, Joel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Travel Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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