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Alpine Byways; or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860
by By a Lady [Mrs. Henry Freshfield]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. First edition, 1861. All four maps present but the seven plates neatly removed. Light purple cloth printed in gilt and decorated in blind, 232 pages. Covers scuffed, especially near top of front cover, frays to corners and chips to spine ends, minor lean to binding when laid flat, advertising on front pastedown endpaper bound in upside down, good hinges, text block sound, decorative name stamp on title page, page clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045300
- Title
- Alpine Byways; or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860
- Author
- By a Lady [Mrs. Henry Freshfield]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ALPINE CLIMBING MOUNTAINEERING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture; Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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