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Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought
by Le Conte, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. Le Conte (1823-1901) was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War. His unhappiness with Reconstruction drove him to California, where he became a famed professor of geology and natural history, as well as a co-founder of the Sierra Club. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Brown pebbled cloth binding; ruled, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 344 pages, indexed; with a ten-page catalogue of Appleton's publications related to Evolution. Mild bumping and rubbing to head and foot of spine, else a Fine copy. An uncommon to scarce title; solid and attractive. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002938
- Title
- Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought
- Author
- Le Conte, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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....
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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