Natural History (Wood's Natural History)
by Wood J. G. (Rev)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1876. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. New Edition. With 480 Original Designs by William Harvey. Prize Label dated 1876.Handsome Red Calf Leather Binding with 5 Bars to spine. Bright gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Gilt border to front & back and gilt hatching to edges. Bright gilt Holland College Badge to front. Page edges marbled, Marbled endpapers. 444 Pages illustrated with many in text drawings and some full page plates. Only a little very light foxing. Some wear to cover, mainly at edges and on bars. (see photo) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003001
- Title
- Natural History (Wood's Natural History)
- Author
- Wood J. G. (Rev)
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/NATURE/NATURAL HISTORY/WOOD'S NATURAL HISTORY
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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...