Old Chemistries
by Edgar F. Smith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
NZ$127.66NZ$102.13
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: McGraw Hill Book Co., 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. First edition, matching dates to title and copyright pages. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich. Gilt is bright. Modest mottling to front board. Spine bottom a little crimped, but edges, tips , and spine top with minimal wear. Inside has neat PO signature at top of FEP dated November 1927. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight. Frontispiece of Benjamin Rush with 31 additional illustrations, mostly portraits of noted "Chemists". At least one uncut page. Ver nice. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002310
- Title
- Old Chemistries
- Author
- Edgar F. Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Academic;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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