Lands and Peoples: The World in Colour, Volume II
by Not Credited
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Grolier Society, New York Toronto, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of colour plates for volume II and index for volume II. Map illustrated endpages, showing a map of the world. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and colour photographs, maps and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Embossed titles, illustration and coloured background cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Gilt to the top text block edge. A series of books, of which this is number 2, first published in 1929. A look at the people and places around the world. Very out of date now, but interesting nonetheless as the photographs show a world that was, not is. This book looks at the world of Scandinavia, Iceland, middle Europe, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Italy. Rubbing to the back strip edges, book panels and book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and to the end page maps. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Offset tanning to the endpages. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [3], 4 - 439, [1] pages,. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Anthropology; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0124562. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0124562
- Title
- Lands and Peoples: The World in Colour, Volume II
- Author
- Not Credited
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society
- Place of Publication
- New York Toronto
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Encyclopaedia, sociology, peoples, Scandinavia, Iceland, middle Europe, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Italy. Anthropology; Sociology & Culture. Photographic and Illustrations Unbranded Not Credited Lands and Peoples: The World in Colour, Volume II
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- Anthropology;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....