Ad Orientem. With Illustrations from the Author's Sketch-book.
by FREDERICKSON, A. D:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. H. Allen, London, 1889. First edition. Coloured lithographic frontispiece and 25 plates of which 24 are coloured lithographs, and a tipped in "facsimile of $3 receipt chair-hire printed on genuine Japanese paper (brought home by the author)" together with 4 illustrations in the text and two maps, one folding. 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches), 380-pages, original red cloth the upper cover blocked in gilt with a Paddy-reaper. Spine faded, else a very good copy, Prize label on front pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19767
- Title
- Ad Orientem. With Illustrations from the Author's Sketch-book.
- Author
- FREDERICKSON, A. D:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen, London, 1889.
- 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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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tipped In
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