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Eothen: Or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by Kinglake, A.W
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: B535
- Edition: Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Brangwyn.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Samson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd
- Place: London
- Date published: 1913
- Pages: [305] pp
Description
London : Samson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1913. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Brangwyn. . 4to,. Illustrated with 12 coloured plates by Brangwyn parchment backed olive coloured cloth. Spine dusty and bumped, boards scufrfed, else very good. Introduced by S.L. Bensusan, the author takes us on a journey through Turkey, on to Cyprus and on to the Middle East including Palestine, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Egypt, Gaza, Damascus and Lebanon.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.
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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