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Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, during the Years 1844-5-6 By M. Huc. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt. Illustrated with Fifty Engravings on Wood
by Huc, (M.) Evariste R
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
National Illustrated Library, London, No date. Second Edition. Full Maroon Morocco Gilt. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 800 g; in two volumes, each with frontispiece and illustrated title pages, text illu strations, folding map. Two volumes, uniformly bound in full maroon Morocco gilt, with all edges gilt, dentelles decorated in gilt; memorial book plate on upper paste downs (each faintly offset on two free endpapers) (WILLIAM HENRY LUND, b. 1846, St. Peters Island, PEI; d. 1924, PEI.). Upper hinge volume I tender, corners a trifle rubbed, tiny scratch to lower right-hand corner of front board of volume I. Truly a lovely set. No publication date, but appears to be printed in the late 1890s Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Travel; Tibet; History -- Nepal; China; Inventory No: 0219384. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0219384
- Title
- Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, during the Years 1844-5-6 By M. Huc. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt. Illustrated with Fifty Engravings on Wood
- Author
- Huc, (M.) Evariste R
- Format/Binding
- Full Maroon Morocco Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- National Illustrated Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 travel, China, Tartary, Nepal, Tibet, Thibet Travel & Places; Travel; Tibet; History -- Nepal; China; Unbranded Huc, (M.) Evariste R. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, during the Years 1844-5-6 By M. Huc. Translated from the French by W. H
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Tibet;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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