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A Journey Across South America From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean Vol. 1-4. Four volume set
by MARCOY, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Four hardcover volumes, no jackets. Very Good for age. Ex-libris of private library. All volumes with wear and bumping to corners, exposing cardboard; wear to edges of boards; rubbing/wear to covers; some scratching to covers; wear/fraying/tears to head and foot of spine; some rubbing to spine and cover gilt; sunning to spine; wear to edges of spine; ex-libris bookplate to inside front cover; some cracking to hinges; pages browned; foxing to first and last few pages; some wear to page edge gilt. Vol. 1 with sticker with penned call number to head of spine. Vol. 2 with large patch of whitening to front cover. Vol. 3 with separated front endpaper; tan paint/glue to spine; front hinge very cracked and showing binding mesh. Vol. 4 with five tan stripes to spine; binding heavily cracked at page 286; some water stains to inside back cover and back endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129878
- Title
- A Journey Across South America From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean Vol. 1-4. Four volume set
- Author
- MARCOY, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- 6A
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
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Seattle, Washington
About Horizon Books
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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,...
- 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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