The Hand. Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design.
by Bell Sir Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1877. Prize binding, presented to Arthur H. Holland Hibbert. Munden bookplate. Bound in full period blue calf, raised bands, gilt tooling, lines, , Agriculture College Cirencester crest on top board, full marble edges and endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed, some minor scuff marking. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean well bound copy. . Eighth Edition. Full Calf. Near Very Good. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011763
- Title
- The Hand. Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design.
- Author
- Bell Sir Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- Eighth Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- The Hand. Munden
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Antiquarian; Science;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...