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Conquest By Man: the Saga of Early Exploration and Discovery
by Paul Herrmann
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Prahran, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1954. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Translated By Michael Bullock; 455 pages, inc. index, photos, 8vo, normal shelf wear for year published, a very nice copy, dust jacket torn on top of spine wear along the edges and inner foxing, , in protective cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: Lap00821. .
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- Bookseller
- BOOKNEST
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Lap00821
- Title
- Conquest By Man: the Saga of Early Exploration and Discovery
- Author
- Paul Herrmann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Conquest By Man the Saga of Early Exploration and Discovery
Terms of Sale
BOOKNEST
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
BOOKNEST
Biblio member since 2015
Prahran, Victoria
About BOOKNEST
Book selling for us was the natural result of bookcollecting of the past 30 years. Running out of room and in order to keep our hobby going we have to pass some on to you, so we can make room for new editions.Our collection of nearly 80000 volumes will eventually make its way into the inventory program. You are welcome to inquire on any subject that you are interested and we believe that we should be able to help you.Our love for the book both as an object of art or as a tool of knowledge will always guide us, and keep our customers happyCheersTheo Kolliniatis
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...