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The Native Races of the Russian Empire (The Ethnographical Library Vol. II)
by R. G. Latham
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hippolyte Baillere, 1854. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1854. No Edition Remarks. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Embossed red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. II in the series. Rough-cut pages. Rebound with most of original cloth relaid on new cloth; new endpapers. Includes colour frontispiece but missing map. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages and text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown, free endpaper, adverts and first few pages; text unaffected. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have pronounced corner bumping, fraying and edgewear with moderate staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends; some noticeable chipping and peeling causing some loss to cloth at spine. Several small pale stains to rear. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693287004ALK
- Title
- The Native Races of the Russian Empire (The Ethnographical Library Vol. II)
- Author
- R. G. Latham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hippolyte Baillere
- Date Published
- 1854
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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"...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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