PRISON OF WELTEVREDEN and, A Glance at the East Indian Archipelago
Hardcover
1857 · Boston, MA
by Gibson, Walter M
Boston, MA: C. H. Brainard, 1857. Hardcover. Poor/No dust jacket. and, A Glance at the East Indian Archipelago. Boston, MA: C. H. Brainard, 1857. Numerous b/w text illustrations and full page engravings taken from original sketches. 495 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Plum cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine, boards decoratively blind stamped. Head and heel quite frayed and worn; more so around joints. Corners heavily split and curled. Board edges lightly to moderately bumped and rubbed. Spine and perimeter of boards quite sunned. Heavy water damage concentrated around spine, bleeding onto boards and affecting endpapers. Large paint splatter at heel of spine extending to rear board. Top edge dust soiled. Edges and pages lightly to moderately toned with minimal scattered foxing and staining. Hinges weak; rear more so. Mild to moderate off-setting occurring at plates. With all faults still a good copy. Text block tight and relatively clean. Worthy of rebinding. Poor/. (Inventory #: 35478)