Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: With Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History and an Account of the Whale-Fishery (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
by Leslie, John & Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court. Used - Acceptable. 1835. Cloth. 8vo. 484 pp. Illustrated. Noticeable shelf wear and mild smudging to boards, with severe chipping & tearing to spine. Front hinge starting. Previous owner's stamp to ffep. Pages moderately toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: Exploration.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q18788
- Title
- Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: With Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History and an Account of the Whale-Fishery (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
- Author
- Leslie, John & Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Acceptable
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- FFEP
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- Shelf Wear
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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