WANDERINGS OF A NATURALIST IN INDIA, THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS AND CASHMERE
by Adams, Andrew Leith, M. D. ; Surgeon 22d Regiment
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Good+. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt title on spine. (xi, 333pp) . Pictorial frontispiece. Violet endpapers. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Binder's ticket on lower rear pastedown: "Bound by Burn - 37 & 38 Kirby St". Scattered light foxing & edges are lightly rubbed. Inscription by the original owner dated 1867. India, Asia ; 8vo; 333 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17356
- Title
- WANDERINGS OF A NATURALIST IN INDIA, THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS AND CASHMERE
- Author
- Adams, Andrew Leith, M. D. ; Surgeon 22d Regiment
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edmonston and Douglas
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- India, Asia
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...