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A HISTORY OF BRITISH FOSSIL MAMMALS, AND BIRDS. With a letter handwritten and signed by Richard Owen.
by Owen, Richard
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good- condition
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: John Van Voorst, 1846. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xlvi, 561 pages of text including an index and an errata page. Original hardcover cloth binding has chipping to the spine extremities, and a small bump to the top of the spine. Includes a one-page letter handwritten and signed by the author, written to the publisher, dated November 15 1843, with the maroon seal with monogram intact. The first and final few pages are foxed. Previous owner's name "A. Harrison White" neatly at the top margin of the title page, and the text presumably with his red pencil underlining, notations and marginalia scattered throughout the text. Contains fold-out charts, and 236 in-text illustrations. First edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019768
- Title
- A HISTORY OF BRITISH FOSSIL MAMMALS, AND BIRDS. With a letter handwritten and signed by Richard Owen.
- Author
- Owen, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
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