New York: Robert Sears, 1852. Good copy. No jacket. In three quarter black, speckled cloth with leather corners and spine. Gilt lettering and bands on spine (still legible). Square , intact copy , save fo detached front cover. No writing anywhere. Two hundred engravings with maps of India and China. All pages and maps are legible. Leather is rubbed on corners and edges of spine. Shadows on edges of endpapers. Moderate foxing and browning to pages. Moderately cracked gutter on front pastedown. Thank you for your patronage.. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quaker House Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002247
Title: Pictorial History of China and India
Author: Robert Sears (ed.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Publisher: Robert Sears
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1852
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: HISTORY, TRAVEL
Bookseller catalogs: History;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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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