Across Coveted Lands or A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland
by Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1903 2 Volumes: 9 X 5.75" in decorated red cloth. Top edges gilt. (ONLY) Fly leaves foxed. Covers moderately soiled and spines faded. Still, fresh-looking. Intact. Solid bindings. 461 & 457pp respectively. MANY photo-type illustrations. An arduous journey through what is to this day dangerous territory.. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- THE BOOK VAULT (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001115
- Title
- Across Coveted Lands or A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland
- Author
- Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1903
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, PERSIA, BAKU OIL FIELDS, BALUCHISTAN, INDIA, AFGHANISTAN, TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Endicott, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.