Meridiana: The Adventures of Three englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Warsaw, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner Armstrong and Co., 1874 Bound in brick colored cloth with gilt decorations, 232 pp. plus 10 pp. ads, 3 titles on verso of title page. Second state of first American edition Book is slightly cocked, lettering on spine is faded but still quite legible. A clean, tight, good or better copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000904
- Title
- Meridiana: The Adventures of Three englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American
- Publisher
- Scribner Armstrong and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
Glossary
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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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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