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History of the City of Adelaide from ... 1836 to ... 1877
by WORSNOP, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: J. Williams, Printer and Publisher, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer and Publisher, 1878. Octavo, xvi, 458, vi, 72 (advertisements) pages plus a large folding map (385 × 530 mm). Tan cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine, and ruled in blind on both sides; cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities, and a little flecked and marked; first two leaves lightly chipped along the bottom edge; archival tape repair to a short tear near the stub of the map; inner hinges slightly cracked but firm; first few leaves, the map and the edges a little foxed (and the edges slightly marked); a very good copy (and definitely better than many we have seen).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61137
- Title
- History of the City of Adelaide from ... 1836 to ... 1877
- Author
- WORSNOP, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Williams, Printer and Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
Terms of Sale
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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