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The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, & Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
by Isabella L. Bird
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. No Edition Remarks. 473 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to front and spine. Black and white frontispiece, seven plates and two fold-out maps, all present as expected. Multiple pages detached but all present. 2 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. First few pages partially detached. Errata page, first map, and pp279-282 are detached. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil prices and bookseller's embossed stamp to front endpaper and half title. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers and half-title page. Occasional creasing. Boards have moderate shelf-wear. Bumping and mild fraying to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends with mild splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Heavily rubbed joints. Slight liquid stains.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696597525ALK
- Title
- The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, & Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
- Author
- Isabella L. Bird
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1875
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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
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