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Gairloch in North-West Ross-shire - its records, traditions, inhabitants and natural history, with a guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree
by Dixon, J.H
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Co-operative Printing Company Limited, 1886. First edition. Illustrated octavo, pp xlviii, 435, a folding map at the rear (one marginal tear otherwise very good), lacking the frontispiece and the front endpaper, the front hinge very weak and cracked, the rear hinge cracked and glued, otherwise only slightly weak internally with occasional light foxing and age-toning, original green decorated cloth, dull rubbed and a bit worn, the spine peeling and missing small pieces at head and tail. The first edition is very scarce. . First Edition. Cloth. Poor.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020624
- Title
- Gairloch in North-West Ross-shire - its records, traditions, inhabitants and natural history, with a guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree
- Author
- Dixon, J.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Co-operative Printing Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Scotland.Highlands. Wester Ross.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography; Local History; Travel;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- 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....
- First Edition
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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