The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852. With a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks
by Oliphant, Laurence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1853. Used - Acceptable. Octavo, 288 pp., illustrated + 2 maps (1 fold-out). Litho frontispiece. Original brown cloth with gilt stamped decorative front board. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine has been covered with library tape; frontispiece is loose; posrtion of rfep missing. Edges of cloth badly worn. Inscribed by 'the author.' Internally a sound reading copy.
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- Seller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Seller's Inventory #
- S23380
- Title
- The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852. With a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks
- Author
- Oliphant, Laurence
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1853
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- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Acceptable
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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