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FORMS OF ANIMAL LIFE: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy, with Descriptions of Selected Types.
by Rolleston, George, revised and enlarged by W. Hatchett Jackson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to (17 x 24cm). pp. xxxii, 937, b/w illustrations. Recently bound in quarter navy blue morocco with gilt lettering, navy blue cloth boards, very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's neat signatures, bookplate to the front paste-down, single stamp for the rear end paper, otherwise unmarked, pages clean and crisp. A very good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019351
- Title
- FORMS OF ANIMAL LIFE: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy, with Descriptions of Selected Types.
- Author
- Rolleston, George, revised and enlarged by W. Hatchett Jackson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 4to (17 x 24cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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