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Travels Amongst The Great Andes Of The Equator
by WHYMPER Edward 1840-1911
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London Albemarle Street: John Murray, 1892. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1892, Second edition, Vol 1 only, nicely rebound in green half goatskin over green cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-xxiv), [2], [1], 2-456 pp, frontis + 19 full page plates (B&W), 118 text figures, 4 maps, 1 in rear pocket, errata on p xxiv, top edges cut, remainder not, evidence of book plate removal to fpd, (227*161 mm).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007564
- Title
- Travels Amongst The Great Andes Of The Equator
- Author
- WHYMPER Edward 1840-1911
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London Albemarle Street
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 3.09 lbs
- Keywords
- travel mountaineering climbing Andes Equator
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- Mountains Mountaineering and Climbing;
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Remainder
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- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Spine
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