David Livingstone / Thomas Hughes
by Hughes, Thomas (1822-1896)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : MacMillan, 1897. Early Reprint. Hardback. An exceptional copy; finely bound in full, polished aniline calf. Raised bands with elaborate spine-compartment tooling. Boards gilt-ruled. Spine bands slightly rubbed and toned as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 255 pages; Series; English men of action. Physical description; vii, [1], 208 p. : front. (port.) fold. map. ; 19 cm. Notes; ""First ed. March 1889; reprinted August 1889, April and October 1890 ... 1928."" Subjects; Livingstone, David 1813-1873.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226695
- Title
- David Livingstone / Thomas Hughes
- Author
- Hughes, Thomas (1822-1896)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : MacMillan
- Date Published
- 1897
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....