London: Macmillan and Co.. 1898. 8vo, pp. (x) 368, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, award plate, minor foxing eps., light offsetting of award plate f.f.ep., orig dec cl bds., spine sunned, small hole front joint, edges discoloured and rubbed. Includes a chapter on Federation of Australia, and the wreck of the Batavia. Cloth Boards.

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Bookseller: Muir Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 76931
Title: Tales of Old Travel, Re-Narrated
Author: Kingsley, Henry
Format/Binding: Cloth Boards
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1898
Keywords: Australia, Batavia, Exploration, History, Maritime, Shipwrecks, Western Australia

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MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
BDS: Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...