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The JOURNAL of the MANCHESTER GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (vol 1, #s 1-12)
by 04b
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book. 1st ed. FINE text, maps & illus. 9" high,368,10pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Manchester: Manchester Geographical Soc. VG book. 1st ed. FINE text, maps & illus. 9" high,368,10pp.. 1885. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG book. EX LIBRARY. Half red morocco, red pebbled cloth boards. Identically marbled pastedowns & leaf edges. . First two fold out maps each with one 2" folding line tear. Many other one page or in text b/w maps. Spine with 5 gilt ruled raised ribs. Gilt title lettering on 2nd panel. Vol # and date (1/1885) on 4th panel. Tight binding. Book tends to stay closed when stood on spine. Cover edges & extrems worn. The first article is a 20 pager by Stanley titled: "Central Africa and the Congo Basin; or, the Importance of the Scientific Study of Geography". .
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- Seller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001091
- Title
- The JOURNAL of the MANCHESTER GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (vol 1, #s 1-12)
- Author
- 04b
- Illustrator
- 3 color fold out maps.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. 1st ed. FINE text, maps & illus. 9" high,368,10pp.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Manchester Geographical Soc
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- VG book. EX LIBRARY. Half red morocco, red pebbled cloth boards., Identically marbled pastedowns & leaf edges., Africa, Stanley
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
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