Au Kurdistan en Mesopotamie et en Perse.
by BINDER, HENRY:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Quantin, Paris, 1887. Frontispiece, plates, folding panorama, coloured pictorial wrappers retaine by the publishers. 4to (11 x 7 inches), 453-pages, original red bevelled cloth pictorially blocked in gilt, all edges gilt. Upper inner joint cracked. Spine dulled. 2-inch split to upper outer joint, snags to cloth of upper cover. Some browning. The folding map lacking having been excised by a lunatic at some time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20338
- Title
- Au Kurdistan en Mesopotamie et en Perse.
- Author
- BINDER, HENRY:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Quantin, Paris, 1887.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Travel, Exploration, Topography;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...