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A COURSE OF SIX LECTURES ON THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE To Which is Added a Lecture on Platinum
by FARADAY, Michael. Edited By William Crookes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Griffin, 1865. Hard Cover. Very Good. A Very Good hardback Second Edition in original red cloth binding with gilt lettering spine. Mild chips spine tips. Hinges cracked and archivally repaired. Owner bookplate front paste-down. Sm. 8vo. viii, 208 pp. These lectures were given before a Juvenile Auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain during the Christmas Holidays of 1860-61 and constitute the origin of the Christmas lectures for young people that are still given there every year and bear his name.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07792
- Title
- A COURSE OF SIX LECTURES ON THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE To Which is Added a Lecture on Platinum
- Author
- FARADAY, Michael. Edited By William Crookes
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Griffin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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