CHITRAL the Story of a Minor Siege
by ROBERTSON, SIR GEORGE
- Used
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen, 1898. 1st. Red Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Octavo. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Frontis plus 31 other illustrations. 5 maps (2 folding) all present. Slight spotting to front panel. Back panel stained. Spine darkened.Bookplate. Clean text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28589
- Title
- CHITRAL the Story of a Minor Siege
- Author
- ROBERTSON, SIR GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...