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A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries; And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864
by David Livingstone
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. No edition stated. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in blue leather with decoration to spine. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Frontispiece torn but still attached. Binding remains firm. Pen inscriptions to front endpapers. Decorative text block edges. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering to heavily sunned spine is dulled. Chips to head and tail of spine and small splits to joints.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1714408887DPB
- Title
- A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries; And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864
- Author
- David Livingstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1875
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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