The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers
by John Tyndall
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Henry S. King & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1873. Third Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting and tape repairs. Heavy cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper and half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Minor loss to spine. Boards are laminated. Heavy wear marks to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1664889793MEP
- Title
- The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers
- Author
- John Tyndall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry S. King & Co.
- Date Published
- 1873
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- Half Title
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- Title Page
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- Acceptable
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
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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....