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THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RIVERS : SKETCHES AND DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF AN EXPLORER
by Keller, Franz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1875. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Folio, [10 1/2x 7 1/4 inches]. Decorated green cloth with spine titles in gilt, geometric design in gilt and black with black rules and decoration. Corners bumped and chafing (perhaps gnawing?) to front and top beveled edges, some frays to top of spine. Cover gilt and decorations bright. All edges gilt. Presentation card from the Johns Hopkins Club tipped into front endpaper, bookplate. x,210 pages. 68 woodcut illustrations by the author, including many full page. Text bright and clean, binding tight. The expedition was sponsored by the Brazillian Government to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a rail line.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82066
- Title
- THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RIVERS : SKETCHES AND DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF AN EXPLORER
- Author
- Keller, Franz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott and Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Amazon River, Madeira Rivers, Brazil Railroads
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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