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MERIDIANA: THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1874. Hardcover. Octavo, v, viii, 232 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brick red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear with slight scuffs, small chips to edges, and mild lean to the spine. Decorative blind-stamped borders. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown. Light foxing to the end papers. Gift inscription to the flyleaf. Chipping to gutter between front end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Few pages of advertisements to the rear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375898. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375898
- Title
- MERIDIANA: THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...