The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an Aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign
by Julia Ellen Rogers
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Charles T. Branford O., 1951. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photgraphs By A. R. Dugmore. Good/None. 503 pages. Forrest green colored cloth binding with gilt text on upper and gilt text on black square on spine. Upper and lower boards show shelf wear and spine is slightly sunned. Pages are clean. There are many pages of colored, and black and white pictures in the book. Binding is tight. On the ffep. is a former owner's name stamp.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000972
- Title
- The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an Aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign
- Author
- Julia Ellen Rogers
- Illustrator
- Photgraphs By A. R. Dugmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles T. Branford O.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Keywords
- SEA SHELLS, MOLLUSKS, CONCHOLOGY
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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