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Daleth, or the Homestead of the Nations: Egypt Illustrated
by Clark, Edward L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. X, [2], 289, [1]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Remarkable survey of Ancient Egypt, with chapters on Alexandria, Heliopolis, the Pyramids, Cairo, the Nile, Thebes, etc... This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w in-text and full-page illustrations and 12 stunning color plates, each protected with a tissue guard. Closed tears along upper joints. Moderate shelf wear. Upper front corner bumped (not affecting pages throughout.) Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair, interior in good+ condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34057
- Title
- Daleth, or the Homestead of the Nations: Egypt Illustrated
- Author
- Clark, Edward L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Egyptology, Egypt under the Pharaohs, Ruins, monuments of ancient Egypt, Illustrated, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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