The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to Which it is Due
by The Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co. Good/No DJ. 1898. Hard Cover. 8vo Third Edition.Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt embossed decoration to cover & spine. Gilt titling on spine. Slight wear and bumped to edges. Collated all complete. No ownership inscription. Light foxing. Tissue guarded frontis plate. Map, illustrations. . Badly opened contents page. xxxv, 487 pages clean and tight. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125229
- Title
- The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to Which it is Due
- Author
- The Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury
- Illustrator
- Map, Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/No DJ
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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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...
- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...