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A Journey Into Greece, By George Wheler Esq.; In Company of Dr. Spon of Lyons. In Six Books
by Wheler, George (1658-1723)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, Awnsham Churchill, 1682. First edition, 1682. Worn but sound copy with a folding map, four engraved plates of coins, and an additional folding tipped on page with three figures or plates, additional engravings throughout the text. Three quarter 17th or early 18th century smooth brown leather over marbled boards, all edges marbled, 12" tall, [11], errata, plates, 1-483 pages. Covers worn, spine heavily worn and chipped, front cover through first few pages of preface detached, text block otherwise sound, occasional neat underlining in red throughout text, old hinge repairs, old professional repair to lower corner of folding page of plates, good old repair to long tear in map, unrepaired 4" closed tear to map with no paper loss, occasional foxing and finger soil. Includes 1837 inscription from Rev. C. G. Wheler, M.A., Durham to James Stuart Menteath, Esq. [his grandson, 1792-1870] on the verso of the preliminary blank, and a 1906 inscription on the recto, to "Thomas Humfry Vines, this book written by his ancestor Sir George Wheler, from his cousin C. Granville Stuart Menteth with kind regards & good wishes". Includes an envelope from the Burmah Oil Co., Ltd. addressed to Vines in Karachi.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035310
- Title
- A Journey Into Greece, By George Wheler Esq.; In Company of Dr. Spon of Lyons. In Six Books
- Author
- Wheler, George (1658-1723)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, Awnsham Churchill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1682
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- TRAVEL EXPLORATION MIDDLE EAST MEDITERRANEAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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