The Naturalist on the River Amazons
by Bates, Henry Walter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1863. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes, complete. Maroon cloth with gilt titling and decoration, scuffed, rubbed, faded to spines, and showing moderate to heavy edgewear including bruised and frayed corners. Spines cocked forward slightly. Outer hinges rubbed, starting to crack just at top and bottom; inner hinges solid; bindings sound through textblocks. Volume one has small number penned to fly leaf, and illegible purple color transfer. Both volumes foxed to front matter, and sparsely foxed throughout. Bookplates at both FFEPs. Interiors else clean, texts unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2017627
- Title
- The Naturalist on the River Amazons
- Author
- Bates, Henry Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1863
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...