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Saga Of The Niger
by Owen, Richard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: The Travel Book Club, 1961. Blue cloth. Fading to top, bottom of front & back boards & spine. Shelf-wear to head & tail of spine. Moderate edgewear. Binding tight. Very slight foxing. Previous owners' inscription on title page. Jacket unclipped, heavy chipping along top edges with heavy paper loss. Richard Owen set out on a journey in the tracks of Mungo Park, Richard Lander and other explorers who travelled across Africa. . Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Seller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000053
- Title
- Saga Of The Niger
- Author
- Owen, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Publisher
- The Travel Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Travel Geography Exploration Adventure Niger
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
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