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TRAVELS IN ITALY, THE ALPS AND THE RHINE
by J. T. (Joel Tyler) Headley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
$1,159.00$927.20
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About This Item
Dublin, UK: James M'Glashan, 1849. TRAVELS IN ITALY, THE ALPS AND THE RHINE- J. T. (Joel Tyler) Headley- James M'Glashan- Dublin-UK- 1849- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-Small 8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers wine colored blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. Spine is sunned, but titles is legible. Part cover lightly sunned-Light rubbing, but square and tight textblock and spine- xii, [13], 14-350, [1-2] ads for books- are clean, no tears or writing-no foxing- SEE PHOTOS- Headley, Joel Tyler 1813-1897-Works: 204 works in 613 publications in 5 languages and 10,193 library holdings....one of the most proficient of writers of his time, politics, government, war and travel. This book NOT available on the net or ANY World Cat Library! Rare!- "Accounts of his travel in Italy, Alps and Rhine area."- McGlashan, James (or M'Glashan, James) (?1800-1858), publisher. Born in Edinburgh, where he trained on Blackwood's Magazine, he worked for William Curry of Dublin from 1830, forming his own company at Curry's death in 1846. McGlashan was involved in setting up the Dublin University Magazine in 1833. Not many M'Glashan books available!- Non-fiction-travel-geography-Italy-Alps-Rhine-people-lore-tales-anecdotes-memoirs (3105) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3105
- Title
- TRAVELS IN ITALY, THE ALPS AND THE RHINE
- Author
- J. T. (Joel Tyler) Headley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- James M'Glashan
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, UK
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-travel-geography-Italy-Alps-Rhine-people-lore-tales-anecdotes-memoirs
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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