Fragments of Voyages & Travels - Second Series - (Complete 3 Volumes)
by Hall, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ (Book Condition)
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Printed for R. Cadell - Edinburgh - and Whittaker & Co. - London, 1852. Book. Good+ (Book Condition). Half Leather. 16mo. A serviceable copy of this attractively bound set, having leather backstrips and corners, four raised bands with gilt lettering and decorative fleurons, and marbled boards. Front covers of vols 1 and 3 detached but present with rear covers loose. Vol 2 with split at head of front joint. Owner's name. Vol 1 with twice pierced text block (for string that ties the volume closed). Also front free end-page and half-title of vol 1 torn. Vol 3 first pages detached with cover. And backstrip of vol 3 tattered. General edge-wear and shelfwear to all, but vol 2 in VG condition. Overall, texts clean and bindings solid. As is. [ Our rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ].
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- Bookseller
- Montreal Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502023
- Title
- Fragments of Voyages & Travels - Second Series - (Complete 3 Volumes)
- Author
- Hall, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (Book Condition)
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Cadell - Edinburgh - and Whittaker & Co. - London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 16mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Geography; Antiquarian & Leather-Bound Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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