Stockholm: Doubleday, 1964. HIstory of Discovery and Exploration from the Exhibition to the Land of Punt in 1493 b.c to the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 a.d.. 224 pages. 8 1/2 in x 11 in. Frontispiece is gold plate of Queen Hatshepsut and a 2 page plate of art depicting her vessels. Title page illustrated in color across 2 pages. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Beautiful book. Pages clean, v/g condition. Grey endpapers with maps. Free endpapers have small marks from old tape. White cloth with gilt, black and red illustration on uper cover and black title on spine. Corners show light wear. Gold and white dust jacket is price clipped and illustrated in color on upper cover. Edges show light wear. VG+/VG+. Hard Cover.

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Bookseller: J. Wyatt Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 030759
Title: THE QUEST FOR INDIA
Author: Landstrom, Bjorn
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: Stockholm
Date Published: 1964
Keywords: Exploration, History,

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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...
VG+/VG+: A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...