ADVENTURES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
by STEAD, RICHARD
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET
- Seller
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Harlingen, Texas, United States
Item Price
$250.00$187.50
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About This Item
PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1908. HARDCOVER. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1908. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1908. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1908. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1908. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 328 pp. including 16 black and white full page plates (complete). Teal cloth with highly decorated front board and spine in gold, red and white, including an intricate elephant and riders on the spine illustration. Clean square and tight throughout with light foxing and minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Owner's signature on front paste down. A striking copy. The author recounts the adventures of armies and mountaineers around the globe including Napoleon crossing the Alps, Albanian mountaineers, a lady's adventure in Mexico, and hill tribes in South Africa. He also tells of famous volcanic eruptions in history. A unique collection of stories. Archival cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MySEABooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S167
- Title
- ADVENTURES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
- Author
- STEAD, RICHARD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Jacket Condition
- NO JACKET
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.B. LIPPINCOTT
- Place of Publication
- PHILADELPHIA
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- HUNTING,ADVENTURE;
- Product_type
- BOOKS
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.