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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Vol. I of 2 only
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: John Murray., 1868. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo.. Poor. Publishers cloth, fraying around edges of spine and chipping to the head of. Ex-library of the 'Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Cambridge', with this bookplate to front pastedown. Missing all leaves preceding title page. Title page and contents pages are together pulling loose. A well used, shaken copy. First issue with 6 line errata. The first issue of 1500 sold out in a week in Jan 1869 and a further 1250 with corrections stated in the first issue errata lists corrected were issued. Illustrated.
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- Seller
- Ryan OHorne Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 031811
- Title
- The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Vol. I of 2 only
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- John Murray.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1868
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 2.43 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Maths;
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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