John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound. Fold out map at back. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining and finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Map at rear has been repaired with tape, but still has some large tears along fold lines. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with minor scuffing and marking across the boards.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1674759972BGB
Title: Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Author: Paul B. Du Chaillu
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Murray
Date Published: 1861

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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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.