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Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul
by Mohan Lal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Acton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
First edition, 1846. 8vo. 2 volumes: xviii, 399; vii, 498 pp. 19 lithograph portraits. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and ornamentation, marbled endpapers and text block edges. 1865 gift inscription to Simon M. Lockhart on front endpaper. Endpapers toned, as is the title page which has offsetting from the frontispiece, which is foxed. Interiors and other plates are mostly clean, very good throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Timeless Tales Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H-119
- Title
- Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul
- Author
- Mohan Lal
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman. Brown, Green and Longman's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timeless Tales Rare Books
Biblio member since 2023
Acton, Massachusetts
About Timeless Tales Rare Books
Timeless Tales Rare Books is a veteran-owned, independent, private bookseller specializing in antiquarian and rare books. Categories include first editions, historical, religious, literature classics, travels, scientific and children's books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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