Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of That Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa by Bowdich, Thomas Edward
- Bookseller: Three Dog Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000196
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: About Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Murray
- Place: London
- Date published: 1819
Description
London: John Murray, 1819 Complete with- 3 maps, 10 coloured illustrations on 7 plates and 3 leaves of music. 512 pp. Tooley 95. About very good bound in leather with decorative gilt border and spine. Front board detached. Corners rubbed and bumped, spine ends rubbed and some scuffing to title on spine. Otherwise some rubbing and soiling to covers. Ex Libris of two previous owners (Edith de Long and John Evan Davies) on front paste-down. Large folding Yam festival fold-out has been repaired/ reinforced along folds with cloth tape to back side. No evidenc of repairs to other fold-outs. Interior shows sporadic foxing, most heavily on leaves of music and their facing pages. Shadow of plates also appear on their facing pages. A very handsome book. Uncommon.. First Edition. Full-Leather. About Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket. 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. Also known as the back. gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages. plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings. paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down. soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining. 4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages. bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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