London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis. Good with no dust jacket. 1829. Hardcover. Spine leather rubbed and deteriorating. Heavy rubbing to leather along the front joint. 1/8" missing to leather along tail end of spine. Moderate foxing to maps and plates. Some repairs to folding map at rear. Gutter broken at rear hinge. Loss of marbled paper from along edges of boards. 19th century engraved bookplate of Thomas Somers Cooks on front endpaper. ; Third Edition. xii, 445, [1] pages + 8 plates + 2 folding maps. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 111mm. "You request of me to keep a journal, and transmit to you a narrative of my expedition, as you say, through the most desolate countries, and at the most dreary season of the year. I comply with your wishes, not because the countries are at this time nearly as you describe them, but because they present some highly interesting recollections, not only of ancient but of modern times." - page 1. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11792
Title: Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to England
Author: Walsh, R. (Rev.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1829

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Marbled boards: ...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...