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De Saint-Louis a Tripoli par le Lac Tchad: voyage au travers du Soudan et du Sahara accompli pendant les annees 1890-91-92.
by Monteil, Lieut-Colonel P.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, light shelfwear, somewhat cocked, very light scattered foxing.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Paris. : Felix Alcan. , No date, circa 1894. Contemporary quarter plain vellum over green marbled boards, green leather spine label, gilt title. . Very good, light shelfwear, somewhat cocked, very light scattered foxing. . 4to., 30.5x21.3 cm. . French text. A well illustrated African travelogue. Heavy book, weight: 6.5 lb. will require extra shipping. Portrait frontis, lavishly illustrated with maps, plates. and vignettes, one folding color map.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200403
- Title
- De Saint-Louis a Tripoli par le Lac Tchad: voyage au travers du Soudan et du Sahara accompli pendant les annees 1890-91-92.
- Author
- Monteil, Lieut-Colonel P.L
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary quarter plain vellum over green marbled boards, green leather spine label, gilt title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, light shelfwear, somewhat cocked, very light scattered foxing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Felix Alcan.
- Place of Publication
- Paris.
- Date Published
- No date, circa 1894
- Pages
- x, 462, (1) pp.
- Weight
- 6.50 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Size
- 4to., 30.5x21.3 cm.
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Reno, Nevada
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About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- Marbled boards
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- Vellum
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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