FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
by Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Nelson. Good. 1947. Hardcover. A good hardcover without dustwrapper in very slightly soiled red boards lightly bumped/rubbed to the corners, the tanned spine with dulled gilt lettering is bumped/rubbed to the ends, with tanned spine bumped and lightly rubbed to the spine ends and corners, the front endpaper has been removed presumably to remove a previous owner's name, no writing or stamps, unmarked toned occasionally lightly foxed pages foxed to the text-block edges, no writing or stamps, clean pages lightly foxed to the text-bock edges - a tidy, tight copy. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; The Teaching of English series; Vol. 12 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32289
- Title
- FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
- Author
- Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Nelson
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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The Old Bookshelf
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About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....