New York: James Pott & Co.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. Pictorial green cloth binding slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners; front hinge & a few points in binding cracked; frontis ils. detached but present; fold-out map chipped at fore-edge & 1" closed tear at spine joint; leaf edges foxed, else a nice, clean book, with bright & clear ils. Cloth dj rubbed at top edge; corners and head of spine chipped; back surface lightly smudged. ; Good b&w photo ils. and color fold-out map; top edge gilt. paper-backed cloth dj matches binding. ; 8vo; 371 pages .

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Bookseller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45747
Title: Unknown Switzerland: Reminiscence of Travel
Author: Tissot, Victor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Publisher: James Pott & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1901
Keywords: 19th Century Switzerland, Swiss Culture, Antique SwissTravel Books

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
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...