Present Evolution of Man, The.
by Reid, G. Archdall
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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By Dunblane, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1896. 1st Edition . Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pages; (8), 370. Red leather with red cloth covers, the hinges are secure, lean/bopwing towards the front cover. The text is complete, light browning and some marking to the pages, some staining to the endpapers, minor stain to the bottom of the outer page edges and to the bottom corner of the half title and last page. Ex Belfast library, with their neat pictorial bookplate on the endpaper, low visibility blindstamp at the top corner of the title and to one other corner, 'Belfast library' in neat gilt at the base of the spine. First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bensons Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016294
- Title
- Present Evolution of Man, The.
- Author
- Reid, G. Archdall
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Biology, Anthropology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology;
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About the Seller
Bensons Antiquarian Books
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By Dunblane
About Bensons Antiquarian Books
We specialise in history, roman and greek classics, books dating from the 17th and 18th century, fine bindings and general second-hand stock.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
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