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Cawnpore
by Trevelyn, G.O
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Published
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1866 London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1866 305 pp with a color engraving of the shrine to the fallen at Cownpore and an illustration of "the well" in B&W frontis. An account drawn from the depositions of the survivors of the massacre and the government's official narratives of the Mutiny.The binding is a very handsome contemporary library binding with quarter-bound brown buckram and marbled papers. Endpapers are a floral pattern with the library's "extract from rules" on the front endpaper. There is a library pocket on the back inside and a stamp on the title page. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, tanned with speckled page edges, darkened along top edge. Boards show some light rubbing and have library I.D. on spine. Title stamped in gold. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published. Ex-Library.. Third Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published.
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Details
- Seller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 300397
- Title
- Cawnpore
- Author
- Trevelyn, G.O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Published
- Edition
- Third Edition.
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- India & South Asia; The Raj; English Literature and History;
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Books must be returned in the condition in which they were sold. No returns on books valued at less than $9.00.
About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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