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Flowers From The Upper Alps, With Glimpses Of Their Homes
by Walton, Elijah & T. G. Bonney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: W. M. Thompson, 1882. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walton, Elijah. The illustrations are particularly attractive to alpine enthusiasts since they include mountain backgrounds by the famous alpine artist. Very scarce. 5th edition (same contents & size as first edition but different colored binding), 335mm tall x 241mm, viii + 12 chromolithograph plates each mounted on thick stock paper (blank verso), each followed by a page of descriptive text (blank versos), each chromolithograph page is preceded by a thin blank protective page. Complete with all pages and plates. NOT ex-library, previous owner name penned to the first blank protective page (blank page before first illustrated plate). AEG, original blue cloth covers, rebacked with new navy cloth spine with gilt lettering (Walton's books almost always fall apart and need rebacking), new EPs, highly gilt decorated patterns front cover, matching patterns in blind on rear cover, circular white title patch front with gilt lettering. solid binding, clean covers with bright gilt, rubbed tips outside corners, some rubbing along bottom edge covers, foxing on several plates but mostly restricted to margins and not on plate images, bottom edge of a couple protective blank pages and title page have small chips. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000780
- Title
- Flowers From The Upper Alps, With Glimpses Of Their Homes
- Author
- Walton, Elijah & T. G. Bonney
- Illustrator
- Walton, Elijah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- W. M. Thompson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Alps, Alpes, Alpine Flowers, Botany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
Biblio member since 2018
Portland, Oregon
About JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Cloth
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