Voyage Round The World [Vol 1 and 2 in One]
by Taylor, Fitch W
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A: H. Mansfield, 1848. Ninth. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 1/4" x 8. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. 317, [2], 331, [3] pp. Text unmarked, but foxed and toned throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving in b/w in Vol. I, a full color frontispiece at the beginning of Vol. 2, and several illustrations in b/w in the text. Brown cloth boards with stamped decoration at front and back, gilt decoration at front and gilt decoration and lettereing at spine. Boards lightly scuffed, spine rubbed, spine cloth splitting, edges rubbed, corners worn to boards. Front hinge cracked at title page, but holding, back hinge good, textblock firm.
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029815
- Title
- Voyage Round The World [Vol 1 and 2 in One]
- Author
- Taylor, Fitch W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth
- Publisher
- H. Mansfield
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 5 1/4" x 8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel and Exploration
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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