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PEDIGREE: The Origins of Words From Nature
by Potter, Stephen and Sargent, Laurens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0800862481
- ISBN 13
- 9780800862480
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Taplinger Publishing Company/An Arnold Lent Book (1974) 320 pp. Original orange paper covered boards w/ yellow cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends slightly bumped. Bottom corner of front cover, and top corner of rear cover a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6430
- Title
- PEDIGREE: The Origins of Words From Nature
- Author
- Potter, Stephen and Sargent, Laurens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0800862481
- ISBN 13
- 9780800862480
- Publisher
- Taplinger Publishing Company/An Arnold Lent Book
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- This edition first published
- 1974
- Keywords
- LANGUAGES FOREIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS LINGUISTS WORDS WRITING ALPHABET LETTERS SCIENCE NOMENCLATURE NATURAL HISTORY NATURE PLANTS ANIMALS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ETYMOLOGY LATIN NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History; Animals; Foreign Language;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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