Sagas from the Far East; or, Kalmouk and Mongolian Traditionary Tales. With Historical Preface and Explanatory Notes.
by [BUSK, Rachel Harriette]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Griffith and Farran, London., 1873. First edition. Octavo. pp xx, 420. 8 pages of adverts at rear. Red cloth patterned in black, lettered in gilt. Busk anonymously translates ''The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan'' and ''The Saga of Ards Chi-Bordschi and Vikramaditja's Throne''.Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Someone has helpfully written Busk's name on the title-page. A press clipping tipped onto the recto of half-title page has offset onto the title-page. Spine darkened. Head and tail of spine a bit scuffed. Good, internally very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BUSKRACH003052
- Title
- Sagas from the Far East; or, Kalmouk and Mongolian Traditionary Tales. With Historical Preface and Explanatory Notes.
- Author
- [BUSK, Rachel Harriette]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Griffith and Farran, London.
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- india persia iran
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LONDON
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- First Edition
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- 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
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Offset
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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