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The Butterfly Vivarium; or, Insect Home
by H Noel Humphreys
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Lay, 1858 A good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 7 further hand coloured plates. All page edges gilted. The binding is bright and clean. There is wear and some fraying to corners and spine ends and general rubbing to edges and spine joints. The gilt decoration on the front board and spine is bright. The spine is slightly dulled and there is some light marking to the back board. Contents: half title; frontispiece; title; preface; contents and plate lists; text pp 288 with 7 tissue-guarded plates. 3 pp of publisher's ads at the rear. The endpapers have adverts for the publisher's works at the fpd, and both rear endpapers. The contents are clean and sound. There is a small green paint stain in the bottom gutter of the title page, which has a couple of brown spots, and the tissue guard to the frontispiece has been removed. The half title has an ink inscription dated 1871 with ruled lines, and there is a signature to the plain side of the frontispiece. There is a pale stain at the bottom edge in the gutter that extends up just over half a centimeter at times and finally disappears around p 211. There is a light stain in the side margin of p255. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033282
- Title
- The Butterfly Vivarium; or, Insect Home
- Author
- H Noel Humphreys
- Illustrator
- H Noel Humphreys
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Lay
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- h noel humphreys; lepidoptera; victoria natural history
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Invertebrates; Entomology/Insects;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Title Page
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- Plate
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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