Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1875). Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt lettering & black rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 339pp + 40pp catalogue to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, light discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to frotn pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to loosened ffep, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 311069
Title: Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist
Author: BUCKLAND, FRANK
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chapman and Hall N/D (c.1875)
Keywords: animals zoology Frank Buckland journals logbooks

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...