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Half Hours With A Naturalist
by J. G. Wood
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
This is a first edition thus copy of this rare Natural History volume, which was published by James Nisbet & Co. in 1899. It is illustrated with black and white plates and in-line illustrations throughout.
The book is in Fair to Good condition overall. Red cloth hardboards, with black and gilt illustrations to front board and spine. Spine leaning quite heavily, and about ten pages torn widthways (as pictured), though all complete. Some pages creased and dog-eared, with spotting and slight foxing throughout. Tanning to endpapers, and ownership inscription to prelims. Pulling at pages 16 and 144, but binding remains generally firm. Pages clean and crisp, with just some occasional thumbing. Bumped to page edges and to top and tail of spine. Darkening to top page edges, and small stains to rear board. Board corners ripped. 19cm x 13.5cm. 340 pages + 16pp adverts. This volume was intended for young readers, forming part of a series of late Victorian informative manuals aimed at the improvement of the student and the dissemination of information to the young and curious.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Silence in the Library
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15
- Title
- Half Hours With A Naturalist
- Author
- J. G. Wood
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Nisbet
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Silence in the Library
Biblio member since 2024
Northwich, Cheshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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