Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo,
CARMARTHESHIRE,
UNITED KINGDOM
$392.22
Edition:
Hardcover
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Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15710169385
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Seller's Description:
Reader copy. Ex library hardbacks rebound with tan boards, no D/J, usual libray stamps/markings. 1875 2 volume set published by William P. Nimmo. Volume 1 has 380pp & 16 illustrations, volume 2 has 408pp & 21 illustrations. All illustrations intact & free from markings. Boards are very worn & both volumes have a lean to the spine. There is some foxing with handling marks to pages. Both volumes are in fair overall condition & ready for immediate despatch from the UK. Will sell individually-please contact. 2F*
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G. 2 vols. 8vo. brown buckram gilt, trimmed (cleaned-up ex-library, bound without half-tiltles, occ. notation & label removal marks, hinges cracking, rubbed with some wear to extremities, corners a bit bruised, some fraying to Vol. 1 frontispiece, occ. spotting, watermarking and other grubby marks); pp. iii-xx (last blank), 380, with 3 plates (one unlisted), 13 text figures & a colour folding map; iii-viii (last blank), 408, with 8 plates, 12 text figures & a colour folding map. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good copy only of the first edition. [Penzer 91-92].
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) is most-famed for eitherr his African explorations or his erotica. But he also spent the summer of 1872 in Iceland, where he made his typical keen observations. Penzer notes that he wrote a sequel, but it was never published. These are Near Fine copies of the First Edition, a scarce title. Two volumes, in a nicely-done modern library rebind. Blue cloth with designs in green and silver; titling on the spine in green and gilt. Clean texts, very fresh, bright, and unmarked or foxed. Volume One has xix, 380 pages; frontis engraving of Reykjavik, with ten others within; fold-out map of Iceland. Volume Two has vi, 408 pages; indexed. Frontis engraving of a Danish harbour scene; twenty others within; coloured fold-out map. Institutional treatments: call numbers in gilt on the foot of the spine; pockets on rear paste-downs with "discarded" stamp; embossed chop on the title-pages. Faint bit of rub to margins.