THE GEMS OF THE EAST: SIXTEEN THOUSAND MILES OF RESARCH TRAVEL AMONG WILD AND TAME TRIBES OF ENCHANTING ISLANDS
by Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth. Gilt spine and front cover lettering. Color Map. Many photo illustrations, plans, fold-out charts. Very light rubbing to extremities, and sunning to rear board. Tiny nick to rear joint.Top edge gilt; fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Clean, tight, bright copy. 567pp.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82175
- Title
- THE GEMS OF THE EAST: SIXTEEN THOUSAND MILES OF RESARCH TRAVEL AMONG WILD AND TAME TRIBES OF ENCHANTING ISLANDS
- Author
- Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Phillipines;Phillipine Islands; Tagalog; Calamian Tagbanouas; Bajao; Malanao; Moro people; Mindanao; Igorrote; Banaue District; Sulu Archipelago,
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.