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Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824
by Waterton, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. New Edition. Hardcover. Xvi, 520 pages + 39 pages advertisements. Illustrated. Green illustrated cloth covers with gilt titles and pelican illustration on spine. "New Edition. Edited, with Biographical Introduction and Explanatory Index, by the Rev. J. G. Wood. " Subtitled: "With Original Instructions for the perfect preservation of Birds, Etc. For Cabinets of Natural History. " Boards very rubbed, stained and worn. 1/2" chips to cloth at ends of spine and corners of boards. Binding shaky. Gutters cracked. Moderate browning and staining to several leaves. A reading copy.; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003759
- Title
- Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824
- Author
- Waterton, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Natural History Travel 19th Century
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Leaves
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- Gilt
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- Reading Copy
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- G
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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,...
- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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