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Wanderings in South America.
by WATERTON, Charles:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1891. Hardback, approx 8 x 5.5 inches. In full calf leather fine binding by “Bickers & Son.” Gilt paneled boards, raised banding and gilt decoration to spine, gilt lettering to brown leather label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some minor darkening and rubbing to edges, some rubbing and fading to spine. Some minor darkeing to endpapers, with binders stamp and neat inscription to front “Llandaff Cathedral School, Prize for English, Aubrey Isaac Rothwell Butler. 1892.” Some minor darkening to edges of frontis and title page, else inside pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 367pp. Illustrated with 16 full-page B&W plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85454
- Title
- Wanderings in South America.
- Author
- WATERTON, Charles:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1891
- Keywords
- FOREIGN TRAVEL WATERTON, Charles: Wanderings in South America, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1891, leather fine binding, bickers & son, Illustrated, B&W plates, birds, animals, plants, natives, Llandaff Cathedral School, Prize for English, Aubrey Is
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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