London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1877. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 280, 32 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with elaborate cover designs embossed in black and in gilt. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. Contains a frontis illustration. Advertisements in yellow paper as endpapers. There is a bit of damping at the top edge and the fore edge on the frontis and the title page. The text itself is a bit toned but sound and clean. A nice copy.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 045660
Title: The Year-Book of Facts in Science and the Arts for 1877
Author: Mason, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: Ward, Lock, & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1877
Keywords: 1877; James Mason; Year Book; Yearbook; Facts; Arts; Scientific; Science; Astronomy; 19th century.
Bookseller catalogs: Science; Astronomy;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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