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Tafilet: The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains
by Harris, Walter B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Blackwood Edinburgh & London, 1895. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition first issue in primary first issue binding with the gilt woman to upper cover. Complete with 9 plates and folding map. Bumping to edges of covers and spine frayed at ends and faded, tape residue at foot of spine (but no evidence anywhere that this is ex-Library) Upper hinge cracked and loosening but holding well, previous owner's name tipped in to end paper, internally a few light pencil notations but clean and bright. Decent copy of a scarce book.
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- Seller
- finecopy ltd
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 110380
- Title
- Tafilet: The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains
- Author
- Harris, Walter B
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackwood Edinburgh & London, 1895
Terms of Sale
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finecopy ltd
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Westbury, Wiltshire
About finecopy ltd
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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