The Boys' Book of Rocks and Fossils
by I.O. Evans
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Burke, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. First Edition. 144 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographs throughout. Prize plate stuck to half title page. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minimal creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Minimal bumping to corners. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to textblock edge. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Closed tears to front panel. Black marks to front panel. Yellow mark to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1637566572MHA
- Title
- The Boys' Book of Rocks and Fossils
- Author
- I.O. Evans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Burke
- Date Published
- 1961
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...