Tales Of Old Travel: re-narrated
by Kingsley Henry:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan, London, 1890 Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 7 other plates and title-page illustration; Leather-Bound Hardback: half dark green calf on grey boards, decorated in gilt, spine panelled with raised bands, edges and end-papers marbled, a school prize (King Edward VI Grammar School Birmingham); Some rubbing of leather especially to spine, frontispiece and title-page foxed, still an attractive book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7170
- Title
- Tales Of Old Travel: re-narrated
- Author
- Kingsley Henry:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan, London, 1890
- Keywords
- MARCO POLO ANDREW BATTEL TRAVELLERS PETER CARDER TERRA NOVA MILES PHILIPS
Terms of Sale
Bookfare
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.