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A Narrative of A Visit to the Australian Colonies
by James Backhouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1843. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, blind and gilt decoration, red morocco title label. Fading to spin. Ex-library book with small stamp to top page edge, title page and a few text pages. Text block strained at p270 but very securely bound. Complete with the 15 plates, several illustrations within the text and three large fold-out maps. Foxing to plates, clean text throughout. Maps have some tears, creasing and light foxing. First map has a library stamp to upper margin. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xviii, 560, cxliv
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- Seller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1206T097
- Title
- A Narrative of A Visit to the Australian Colonies
- Author
- James Backhouse
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamilton, Adams and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Size
- 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm)
- Keywords
- Australia, Travel_Exploration/Oceania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Travel: Oceania;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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....
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