The General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary
by Brookes, R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Rivington, 1820. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 8vo, unnumbered, includes 8 folding maps: Frontis: World; Africa, 1791; North America, 1791; South America, 1791; Asia, 1791; Europe, 1791; and West Indies and East Indies. One half brown calf, with brown marbled boards, with gilt title (Brooke's Gazetteer) on spine. Front and back covers are marked and corners are rubbed. Right hand edge of spine is cracked and has begun to separate. Internally, 2 of the folding maps slightly ruffled at top edges, o/w very good.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12092
- Title
- The General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary
- Author
- Brookes, R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventeenth edition
- Publisher
- Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Bookseller catalogs
- MAPS;
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Marbled boards
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