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Summer Tours in Scotland. Glasgow to the Highlands. Royal Route. With Time Tables and List of Fares, By David MacBrayne's Royal Mail Steamers, "Columbia," "Iona," &c. Official Guide. New Edition
by MacBrayne, David
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Glasgow: David MacBrayne, 1885. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Pp. 111, [1]. Large folding map at the front, illustrations. Complete and intact, map with a couple of short rips, and a tear in the hinge of the front endpaper, ink name to top right corner of front endpaper, binding a little shaken from split between gatherings at p. 64-65. In gilt stamped burgundy cloth with light wear to the corners, with bumped and worn spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47423
- Title
- Summer Tours in Scotland. Glasgow to the Highlands. Royal Route. With Time Tables and List of Fares, By David MacBrayne's Royal Mail Steamers, "Columbia," "Iona," &c. Official Guide. New Edition
- Author
- MacBrayne, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- David MacBrayne
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- viewbooks, guides, travel, description, map, Scotland
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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