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Belgium
by Omond, George W. T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
A & C Black, London, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Amedee Forestier. List of illustrations and index. The text is illustrated with 77 coloured drawings, each with a translucent tissue guard with an explanation of the painting, by Amedee Forestier, along with numerous black-and-white drawings. At the rear of the book there is a fold out map of Belgium and part of Holland. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with yellow and orange coloured decoration to the front panel and back strip; yellow coloured titles and Belgian coat of arms to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Book about Belgium highlighting the various places and peoples of the region. The book is definitely showing use and age – please see photograph. Softening, rubbing and fraying of the back strip edges with the underlying board visible and there is a 1.25" tear to the top back strip edge. Small tears to all dustwrapper corners. Bumping, rubbing and fraying with the underlying board visible to the book corners. Heavy rubbing of the book edges and panels with marks also visible. Tanning and foxing of the text block edges, though the pages themselves so only mildly age toned. Between pages 128 and 129 a previous owner has placed a flower which is still in situ which has caused staining and a little foxing. The hinges have cracked and the underlying webbing is visible; the free front end page is missing. Previous owners name to the top edge of the half title page. Heavy tanning to the half title page and the map at the rear of the book is creased due to improper storage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - IX, [2] 390 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Amedee Forestier. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Belgium; History. Inventory No: 0288328. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288328
- Title
- Belgium
- Author
- Omond, George W. T
- Illustrator
- Amedee Forestier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Belgium, travel, early 20th century, description, Amedee Forestier– Illustrator Travel & Places; Belgium; History. Amedee Forestier Unbranded Omond, George W. T. Belgium
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Text Block
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Dustwrapper
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