The Exploration of the World, 3 Vols: FAMOUS TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS, GREAT NAVIGATORS, GREAT EXPLORERS
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- X-Lib with minimal markings; o/w Good+, no dj's
- ISBN 10
- 4324093784
- ISBN 13
- 9784324093788
- Seller
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Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
X-Lib with minimal markings; o/w Good+, no dj's Various illustrators Exploration Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1892, 94, 95 Early editions Hardbound 8vo, 432 409 378 pp, many maps & illustrations, gilt spine titling & decoration Each bound in red cloth with black border decoration and titling, gilt spine titling and decoration. Illustrations by L. Bennett, P. Philippoteaux, Matthis, many facsimile drawings and maps. X-Lib with small stamp on one internal page of each book and faded stamp on front endpaper of Navigators. Inside rear covers have light paper remains at extremities. Explorers has faint old dampstaining at bottom page edge of some end pages and inside rear cover. The red cloth has bled onto the inside front cover' s edge and the outer edge of the endpapers of the Navigators book. The covers have light soiling, rubbing and extremity wear with cloth worn through at tips; the spines are worn at the heads with fraying and shallow chipping; the spine cloth is dulled. The books are solid and otherwise clean. Rare, especially as a set.
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- Pages Past Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OURBOOKS007591
- Title
- The Exploration of the World, 3 Vols: FAMOUS TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS, GREAT NAVIGATORS, GREAT EXPLORERS
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used - X-Lib with minimal markings; o
- Jacket Condition
- w Good+, no dj's
- Edition
- Early editions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 4324093784
- ISBN 13
- 9784324093788
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1892, 94, 95
- Keywords
- Travel History
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Pages Past Books
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Kingston, New York
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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"...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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