SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM In 2 Volumes
by KENNAN, GEORGE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
-
Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. In 2 Volumes; Vol. I xv + 409pp; Vol. II x + 575pp; In original mustard cloth; Gilt decorations and lettering to front covers and spines; Profusely illustrated with plates; textual drawings and maps; F.e.p.s of both volumes lack top halves where previous owner's name has been removed; Damp-staining throughout including bottom right hand corners of front covers and bottom left corners of rear covers; Head and tail of spines chipped otherwise tight and bright copies of this seminal work; Size: 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004436
- Title
- SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM In 2 Volumes
- Author
- KENNAN, GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- SIBERIA; TSARIST RUSSIA;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
Biblio member since 2018
Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...