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The Parsons Collection: Rare Pacific Voyage Books 2 Volumes
by Various
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1875567461
- ISBN 13
- 9781875567461
- Seller
-
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hordern House, Sydney, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Books on Books; Australia; Australian History; Antiquarian & Rare. ISBN: 1875567461. ISBN/EAN: 9781875567461. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 13697. . 9781875567461 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13697
- Title
- The Parsons Collection: Rare Pacific Voyage Books 2 Volumes
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1875567461
- ISBN 13
- 9781875567461
- Publisher
- Hordern House
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Books on Books; Australia; Australian History; Antiquarian & Rare. ISBN: 1875567461 EAN: 9781875567461 Various The Parsons Collection: Rare Pacific Voyage Books 2 Volumes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- 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"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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