The Beachcombers, or Slave-Trading under the Union Jack
by BISHOP, Gilbert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Londond: Ward, Lock, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Londond, Ward, Lock, 1900. Octavo, plus 3 plates and a map by Hume Nisbet. Blind stamped gilt-decorated cloth; covers slightly rubbed; spine a little sunned and very slightly marked; inner hinges cracked (but sound); initial leaves lightly tanned; contemporary presentation details; a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124724
- Title
- The Beachcombers, or Slave-Trading under the Union Jack
- Author
- BISHOP, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock
- Place of Publication
- Londond
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....