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The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; Forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and characters of Various Nations
by John Frederick Dennett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Wright, 1839. Reprint . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). First printing. Later Victorian full calf leather binding. Spine with four raised bands, gilt decoration and black morocco title label. Gilt and blind decorative border to boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Gilt arms of Glasgow to centre of both boards. Boards have tears to leather on edges and light marking. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Browning and water staining to the frontis and engraved title page, the book is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with all plates. An account of the Arctic voyages of Ross, Parry and Franklin, plus the Egyptian travels of Belzoni. A popular work that went through several editions between 1826 and 1839, yet remains surprisingly scarce. SABIN 19582 (1826 1st Edition). Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 992
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206T076
- Title
- The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; Forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and characters of Various Nations
- Author
- John Frederick Dennett
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Wright
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm)
- Keywords
- Captain William Edward Parry, Parry Channel, Northwest Passage, Captain James Clark Ross, Arctic Exploration, Antarctic Exploration, Sir John Ross, North West Passage, Sir John Franklin, Canada, Canadian Arctic, North Pole, Polar Sea, Giovannia Battista B
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel: Arctic & Antarctic;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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