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CABOOL : A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO, AND RESIDENCE IN THAT CITY, IN THE YEARS 1836, 7, AND 8
by Burnes, Alexander, Sir, 1805-1841
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1843. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xii, 398 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print on dark brown banner, raised bands. Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards. Light wear to spine caps, corners and edges, toning to spine, light shelf wear. Text block has tinted top edge, red speckled fore and bottom edges. Bookplate and shelf location (ex-library?) in ink on front pastedown, tear to front hinge, spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (portrait) and plates (some folded).
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1372711. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1372711
- Title
- CABOOL : A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO, AND RESIDENCE IN THAT CITY, IN THE YEARS 1836, 7, AND 8
- Author
- Burnes, Alexander, Sir, 1805-1841
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Half Bound
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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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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