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The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man
by Geikie, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Title page dated 1874. Includes six folding maps plus an additional one in a rear cover pocket, dozens of engravings and diagrams. Focuses primarily on Scotland. Reddish brown cloth over beveled boards lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 545 pages plus four pages of publisher's ads. Some external rubbing and the beginnings of some fraying to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings, maps also in very good condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041283
- Title
- The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man
- Author
- Geikie, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SCOTLAND GLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History, World Wars and Militaria; Science, Medicine & Nature;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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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