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Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
by Kinglake, Alexander William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Olliver, 1845. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo rebound in brown cloth with gilt text to spine. Contains two hand-colored lithographs, one folding. Bookplate of Leslie A. Janka on the front free endpaper which was added when the volume was rebound. Ownership inscription dated 1908 on the original front free endpaper.
Dimensions: w 6 x h 9 in
Condition: Very good-. Light wear to edges and corners of boards and marking to back board. Closed tear to original front free endpaper, near spine. Text block lightly age-toned and somewhat foxed.
LJ Consign; Shelved Middle Room. 1343502. FP New Rockville Stock.
Dimensions: w 6 x h 9 in
Condition: Very good-. Light wear to edges and corners of boards and marking to back board. Closed tear to original front free endpaper, near spine. Text block lightly age-toned and somewhat foxed.
LJ Consign; Shelved Middle Room. 1343502. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1343502
- Title
- Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
- Author
- Kinglake, Alexander William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- John Olliver
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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