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THE DISCOVERIE OF THE LARGE AND BEWTIFUL EMPIRE OF GUIANA
by RALEIGH, Sir Walter / Edited from the Original Text, with Introduction, Notes and Appendices by V. T. Harlow
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: The Argonaut Press, 1928. Hardcover. frontispiece, folding maps. pp. cxi, 182. 4to. Bound in embossed brown cloth over vellum spine with gilt titles. This edition is the fifth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon vellum, this being designated as copy number 55. The original woodcut appearing on the title page is by William Monk. Both folding maps present and in excellent condition, save for a small closed tear, near hinge, to the second map which has now been professionally repaired by our conservator. Foredge of boards faded as from exposure to moisture, but no evidence of such exposure to contents. Contents clean and unmarked although the endpapers show some foxing. Overall, in good, to good plus, condition.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900034779
- Title
- THE DISCOVERIE OF THE LARGE AND BEWTIFUL EMPIRE OF GUIANA
- Author
- RALEIGH, Sir Walter / Edited from the Original Text, with Introduction, Notes and Appendices by V. T. Harlow
- Illustrator
- frontispiece, folding maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Argonaut Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Circumnavigation;Bindings;Nautical;Guiana;South America;;;;
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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....
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