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Round South America: Being Some Remarks on the Coasts and Ports and Peoples of that Continent
by Miller, Archibald T
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket As Issued
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Liverpool: Printed by Lee and Nightingale , 1901. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth with gilt titling to upper board: bright with slight fading to spine; wear to corners, spine tips and bottom edges; some rippling to cloth and a couple of small stains. Offsetting and minor foxing to endpapers and preliminaries. Firmly bound. Paper lightly age-toned but contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 90 pp; b/w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally part of a course of lectures to the Cadets of the School-ship Conway at Liverpool, given with the view of directing attention to some matters likely to interest young sailors arriving on a foreign coast or at a foreign port. The lectures were originally published in the Mercantile Marine Service Association's magazine 'Reporter' and reprinted here for the first time in book form. Scarce title. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005464
- Title
- Round South America: Being Some Remarks on the Coasts and Ports and Peoples of that Continent
- Author
- Miller, Archibald T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression First Printing
- Publisher
- Printed by Lee and Nightingale
- Place of Publication
- Liverpool
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- History; Military & Maritime; America & Canada; South American History; Mercantile Marine Service Association
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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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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- Jacket
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