Baedeker's Switzerland, Together with the Chamonix and the Italian Lakes (1928)
by Baedeker, Karl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Karl Baedeker, Publisher / George Allen & Unwin Ltd. / Chas. Scribner's Sons1928 Book. Good+. Hardcover. Twenty Seventh Revised Edition. Red hardcover with thin boards--almost flexible; gilt lettering to spine and front; no jacket; marbled edges; with 81 maps, 30 town plans, and 15 panoramas. Good plus condition: tail of spine is pushed in a little and with a small piece of the red cloth missing just above it; slight crease to lower back corner; otherwise almost not wear to cover; straight; tight; ink ownership inscription on title page dated 1930; fore edge of one foldout map is a little tattered; sparse markings in pencil..
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130872
- Title
- Baedeker's Switzerland, Together with the Chamonix and the Italian Lakes (1928)
- Author
- Baedeker, Karl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Twenty Seventh Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Karl Baedeker, Publisher / George Allen & Unwin Ltd. / Chas. Scribner's Sons1928
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About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
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Prescott, Arizona
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.