The Duke of Puddle Dock: Travels in the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles
by BARLEY, NIGEL
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805019685
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019681
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Henry Holt and Co., 1992. Type: Hardback First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover in FINE Condition with a Very Good Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Stamford Raffles, 1781-1826, born of an impoverished sea captain in 1781--appointed Governor of Java "out-of-the-blue"--founded Singapore in 1819- from Malacca to Java to Bali to Singapore--enjoy your journey with Raffles . 276 pages. Frontispiece: two page map of Malaysia and Indonesia, Raffles territory. Tan quarter cloth gilt titled over orange boards, very clean and unmarked book. Tight and solid. Jacket has two small closed tears on the lower edge near the spine tail, one in front and one in back. Otherwise fine. 1992, Henry Holt and Co., New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014060
- Title
- The Duke of Puddle Dock: Travels in the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles
- Author
- BARLEY, NIGEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805019685
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019681
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- RAFFLES, THOMAS STAMFORD, SIR, 1781-1826, HOMES AND HAUNTS, ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; SOUTHEASTERN-DESCRIPTION TRAVEL;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.