Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language
by Karl von Frisch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Light edgewear and scuffing, and bumped spine ends and corners. Top edge foxed. Binding cracked at title page, otherwise sound. Text clean. B/w illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 119 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002456
- Title
- Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language
- Author
- Karl von Frisch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ (Good Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...