The Land of Lorne; or, A Poet's Adventures in the Scottish Hebrides, Including the Cruise of the "Tern" to the Outer Hebrides. Two Volumes in One.
by Buchanan, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., 1871. First American Edition . Hardcover. Orange cloth, with crown and swords stamped in gold on front board, spine title gilt. 384 pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of the author and his wife. With a scathing obituary of the author pasted to the recto of the rear flyleaf, and a newspaper portrait pasted to the rear paste-down, else VG.
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05832
- Title
- The Land of Lorne; or, A Poet's Adventures in the Scottish Hebrides, Including the Cruise of the "Tern" to the Outer Hebrides. Two Volumes in One.
- Author
- Buchanan, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Francis B. Felt & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Scotland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Travel;
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Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.