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An Official Tour through Bosnia and Herzegovina
J de Asboth
1890
Swan Sonnenschein and Co. : London
10" by 6.5"
xx, 496pp.
SUMMARY
The first authorised English edition of this volume exploring Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans, with illustrations and maps.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Pleasing Copy,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Janos de Asboth first published this work in the original German in 1888. This is the first authorised English edition. A full account of the author's observations of his travels, as well as of the history, antiquities, agrarian conditions, religion, ethnology, folk lore, and social life of the people living in Bosnia and Herzegovina, country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans.
Illustrated with a coloured folding map and numerous steel engraved illustrations in text, thirty-one are full page engravings. Collated, complete. With half title.
CONDITION
Re-backed with the original boards and spine restored. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, general light soiling to the boards and spine, a touch of darkening to the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown and library bookplate to the front free endpaper, previous ownership inscription to the library bookplate dated 1974. Internally, the hinger are slightly strained, holding firm. The volume firmly bound. With soiling to the endpapers. The pages are generally very clean with a touch of age toning, a usual, and the odd faint handling mark throughout. Illustrated with a coloured folding map and numerous steel engraved illustrations in text, thirty-one are full page engravings. Collated, complete.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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