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Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China
by Crawfurd, J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Weston, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967 Oxford in Asia Historical Reprint of a work that became a rare classic of historical literature that first appeared in 1828.
Large quarto, [viii], viii, 598 pages plus 15 plates (one folding), 3 maps (2 folding) and a folding vocabulary.
Bound in publishers original blue buckram with gilt titles to the spine.
Minor water stain near base of spine, gift inscription else near fine. Jacket with minor wear at heel of spine, small damp stain to lower rear cover, price clipped else VG+. Still in the original (shelfworn) blue slip case with titles to the spine.
An extremely nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Pengilly Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011255
- Title
- Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China
- Author
- Crawfurd, J
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Kuala Lumpur
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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About the Seller
Pengilly Books
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Price Clipped
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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