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The Islands of the Aegean.
by TOZER, Henry Fanshawe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press,, 1890. First edition. Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1826-1916) was a respected geologist and lecturer at Oxford University. This work is "an account of three separate journeys made in the spring of 1874, 1886, and 1889. This interesting work contans long sections on Lemnos, Thasois and Samothrace" (Blackmer). This copy has an ownership inscription on the front free endpaper of "Mrs J. Nicholas Brown 1929 Cruise of the Iolanda". The Iolanda was a luxury yacht built in 1908 and inherited by Agnes Griswold Landon Pyne (1887-1961) after the death of her husband Moses Taylor Pyne Jr in 1923. The Pyne family potentially knew the Brown family through their joint business ventures in banking and investment, explaining their presence on the yacht. Octavo. Original blue-green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers panelled in blind. With colour folding map, illustrations to text. Minor rubbing to extremities, offsetting of signature to toned half-title, small nick to folding map edge, 65 mm closed tear to fore edge of p. 230 effecting text. A very good copy. Blackmer 1670.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170008
- Title
- The Islands of the Aegean.
- Author
- TOZER, Henry Fanshawe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Oxford: Clarendon Press,
- Date Published
- 1890
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Fore Edge
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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