Granite Crags
Cumming, C. F. Gordon
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
About this Item
1/2" chip to middle of spine cloth. A section of the fore-edge of the rear board measuring 1 2/3" by 1/4" has been nibbled away by a mouse, not affecting text block. A couple of 3/8" chips to cloth at edges of boards near upper corners. Moderate rubbing and fading and staining to cloth boards and spine. Top page edges dust stained. Gutter broken at front hinge. Binding loose. Untidy owner's signature and address on contents leaf. Owner's signature dated 1884 on verso of frontispiece. The last of the plates has a 1 1/2" x 2" dampstain. Tissue guards present to all plates.; viii, [2], 384 pages + 8 photo-engraved plates (including frontispiece) + folding map + 24 pages advertisements. Grey cloth boards with silver and brown illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 207 x 138mm. The illustrations are titled: The Sentinel Rock; Looking Down the Valley; The Yo-Semite Fall; Indian Camp beside the Merced River; Glacier Point; The May Floods in the Valley; The Nevada and Vernal Falls; View of the Sierras from Sentinel Dome.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 6825
Bibliographic Details
Title: Granite Crags
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1884
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition.
Store Description
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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