ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY of the THREE KINGDOMS (vol 1 only)
by Strong, A.B. 05b
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG book. Half black morocco. Gray cloth boards. Marbled eps.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Green & Spencer. VG book. Half black morocco. Gray cloth boards. Marbled eps.. 1850 (1847cp). New series.. Hardcover. VG book. Half black morocco. Dozens of tissue guarded full page b/w engraving. "STRONG'S NATURAL HISTORY" gilt lettered on spine . Minor edgewear. Tight. Upper board stained, none elsewhere. Text lightly foxed. Plate foxing a bit more so. No other staining, soiling, etc. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003208
- Title
- ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY of the THREE KINGDOMS (vol 1 only)
- Author
- Strong, A.B. 05b
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. Half black morocco. Gray cloth boards. Marbled eps.
- Edition
- New series.
- Publisher
- Green & Spencer
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1850 (1847cp)
- Keywords
- VG book. Half black morocco. Dozens of tissue guarded full page b/w, engraving. "STRONG'S NATURAL HISTORY" gilt lettered on spine
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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