- Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
- Seller Inventory #: 15285
- Book condition: fair
- Edition: Autorisierte Ausgabe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: F.A. Brockhaus
- Place: Leipzig
- Date published: 1903
Book Description
Leipzig F.A. Brockhaus 1903 Autorisierte Ausgabe fair 2 volumes. Ex library. 8vo. xiv,559pp. x,570pp. Decorated tan cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Library inventory numbers on spine. Head and tail of spines chipped and frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Staining and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated endpapers. Ex libris to inside of front board. Library card pocket and check-out sheet in rear of book. Frontispiece in both volumes. A fascinating account of this famous Swedish explorer's travels and adventures in Asia. Illustrated with duo-toned reproductions of photographs, color and b/w drawings, as well as two color fold-out maps in rear of book. Text in German, Gothic script. Binding in poor, interior in very good condition.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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. Also known as the back.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tail : The heel of the spine.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
