New York: Sheldon and Company, 1868 Fair+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blindstamped brown cloth; gilt spine decoration/lettering (mostly rubbed away). Copyright 1865. Sixth and last in a series penned by a Baptist minister. "Moral teaching has been blended with geography and history, and the aim has been to impart a knowledge of the customs and manners of Eastern people living in Oriental lands." Illustrated with engravings by M.T. Boyd. Heavy wear and tattering to cover cloth at extremities; spine strip split at rear, re-glued; cover cloth irregularly faded. Bookplate inside front cover; irregular 1" closed tear to front endpaper; small hole and creasing to rear endpaper. Occasional light soil, staining to text, but mostly clean; tight binding.

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Bookseller: The Curiosity Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11901
Title: Walter's Tour in the East: Walter in Athens
Author: Eddy, Daniel C
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Sheldon and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1868

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Spine Strip: The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...