The Geological Evidences Of The Antiquity Of Man
by Sir Charles Lyell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1863. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1863. No edition remarks. 520 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing, heavy in places. Mild cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Mdoerate thumb-marking present. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have notable edgewear with notable corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has visible peeling to ends and corners. Notable scuffing to edges. Mild cracking to front joint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705565537IEV
- Title
- The Geological Evidences Of The Antiquity Of Man
- Author
- Sir Charles Lyell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1863
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Half Bound
- ...