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An Unfrequented Highway Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori
by Easton, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: The Scholartis Press, 1928. First edition, 1928, one of 960 copies on Basingwerk parchment. Externally worn, internally good. Light red cloth with gilt spine lettering, black and white frontis plate plus 15 additional black and white plates, 133 pages plus colophon. Covers rubbed with considerable finger soil from handling, front hinge internally partially cracked but secure, text block sound, some occasional light to moderate foxing to text pages, plates not affected, name stamp inside front cover, additional decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045402
- Title
- An Unfrequented Highway Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori
- Author
- Easton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Scholartis Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- ALPINE CLIMBING MOUNTAINEERING TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture; Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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