THREE ASSES IN BOLIVIA.
by PORTMAN, LIONEL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards Ltd. Fair to Good. 1922. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Scarce first edition. 236pps., Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Covers stained and discoloured towards far edge. Cover in poor condition, contents very good condition. Some darkening to end papers Light foxing to half title. Remainder clean and tight. An account of three Englishmen exploring little-known parts of Bolivia. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136085
- Title
- THREE ASSES IN BOLIVIA.
- Author
- PORTMAN, LIONEL
- Illustrator
- Map & Photographes
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Remainder
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...