Ten Months in Brazil with Incidents of Voyages and Travels, Descriptions of Scenery and Character, Notices of Commerce and Productions Etc.
by Codman, John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 208, 7pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 6 engraved plates with tissue-guards including frontispiece. Heavy staining to upper rear board, other less severe spotting and fading to covers, some slight splitting to rear joint and some chipping to spine, lettering is readable but slightly faded, tape residue and tiny hole to title page, slight split to front hinge. Contents are age-toned but in surprisingly sound condition, binding is tight. A straightforward description of conditions in Brazil.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002175
- Title
- Ten Months in Brazil with Incidents of Voyages and Travels, Descriptions of Scenery and Character, Notices of Commerce and Productions Etc.
- Author
- Codman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- South America" Voyage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Geography;
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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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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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