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Into Morocco
by Loti, Pierre
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Welch, Fracker Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition in English. 12mo, 343 pp, illustrated by Benjamin Constant and Aime Marot. Publisher's green cloth with decoration in gilt, image of a warrior on horseback on front board. Mild rubbing to extremities, a few pages chipped at the upper edge, else fine. Loti traveled from Tangiers to Fez in the company of the French minister to Morocco and was most enthusiastic about his experiences, delighting in the people and culture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14049
- Title
- Into Morocco
- Author
- Loti, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Welch, Fracker Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Travel Narratives;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
All books returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, provided they are in the original condition. Shipping costs fully refunded if an item is misdescribed or defective. Refund of purchase price only for returns for other reasons.
About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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