ANCIENT LIFE-HISTORY OF THE EARTH: A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palaeontological Science
by Nicholson, H. Alleyne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 408 pp. Original marbled paper covered boards w/ brown leather spine and corners. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ b/w figures.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21008NH
- Title
- ANCIENT LIFE-HISTORY OF THE EARTH: A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palaeontological Science
- Author
- Nicholson, H. Alleyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY ANCIENT LIFE HISTORY EARTH COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE PRINCIPLES PALAEONTOLOGICAL SCIENCE PALEONTOLOGICAL SCIENCE PALAEONTOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY FOSSILS FOSSILISATION PROCESSES AQUEOUS IGNEOUS ROCKS FOSSILIFEROUS ROCKS GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE PE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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