Characteristics of Existing Glaciers
by Hobbs, William Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. 5mm loss of cloth at head and tail of spine. 25mm tear to cloth at head of rear joint. 3 plates are detached, with adhesive tape stains at inner margin. ; xxiv, [2], 301, [1 (blank)], [6 (advertisements)] pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 219mm x 144mm. .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25124
- Title
- Characteristics of Existing Glaciers
- Author
- Hobbs, William Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...