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A wayfarer in the West Indies
by Aspinall, Algernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Methuen and Co. London. 1928. Octavo. x, 244pp. 8pp publisher's catalogue. Original cloth, sunned to the spine, with a few spots. Corners bumped. Endpaper map. Corner clipped to ffep. Frontispiece plate, 18 photo illustrations on 15 further plates. Occasional light spotting. Ownership inscription in pencil to ffep.
Sir Algernon Aspinall (1871-1952) Secretary of the West India Committee.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio781
- Title
- A wayfarer in the West Indies
- Author
- Aspinall, Algernon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Caribbean, Barbados, Trinidad, St Lucia, St Thomas, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Grenada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Americas and Caribbean;
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Biblio member since 2016
Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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