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PROSE HALIEUTICS OR ANCIENT AND MODERN FISH TATTLE
by C. David Badham
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1854. Hardcover. Fair. 552 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Purple cloth binding. Condition of the book is FAIR: heavy wear and soiling, label on spine almost missing, cloth worn, corners very worn, front cover with long vertical crack, edges of text block tanned, hinges cracked and several segments of text loose, pages clean, bookplate and stamp of previous owner on front end papers. Books about Books, stk.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5818
- Title
- PROSE HALIEUTICS OR ANCIENT AND MODERN FISH TATTLE
- Author
- C. David Badham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John W. Parker and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about books;
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
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