The Voyage of the Scotia : Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Sea
by Brown, R.C. Mossman and J.H. Harvey Pirie ("Three of the Staff"), R.N. Rudmose
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. hardcover. fair. Hardcover in fair condition, no jacket. Binding complete, not tight. Spine discoloured/darkened and rubbed, titling only visible as embossing. Boards quite rubbed and edgeworn, chips and tears around spine board, cardboard exposed along board edges. Board edges bumped. Page block edges foxed/browned, fore-edge deckled, top edge gilt, faded. Foxing throughout text, illustration pages mostly clean. Half-title page loose but complete. Gift dedication in ink, neat to half-title page. Fold-out map very torn but complete. Includes newspaper clipping obituary of William Speirs Bruce, to whom the book is dedicated and who wrote the Prefatory Note. Sappho Cathal 9/19 Cathal 03/20 Cathal 11/22 REPRICED
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- Bookseller
- Sappho Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70241
- Title
- The Voyage of the Scotia : Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Sea
- Author
- Brown, R.C. Mossman and J.H. Harvey Pirie ("Three of the Staff"), R.N. Rudmose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1906
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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