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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature with Numerous Notes from the Works of the Most Distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists Volumes I and II [ Inscribed By William Bentley]
by Goldsmith, Oliver [inscribed By William Bentley]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1866. Deluxe Reprint . Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Illustrated with More Than Two Thousand Figures and Including Color Plates. Deluxe Binding Of Quarter Red Calf (Spine, Adjacent Areas, Tips), And A Spine With Seven Bands And Six Compartments, Elaborate Gilt Designs In Each, Etc. Two Morocco Spine Labels On Each Volumje, Top One Dark Green, Bottom One Black, Each Fine, Gilt Brilliant. Marbleized Boards, Endpapers, And Edges Of Page Block. Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates With Unusual Delicacy Of Color Detail. Vol. I With 568 Pages, Uncolored Frontispiece, Colored Title, 9 Uncolored Plates (Of 14 Listed In Index, No Trace Of Missing Plates), And All 13 Colored Plates. Vol. Ii With 663 Pages Including Directions To The Binder At The Rear, Uncolored Frontispiece, Colored Title, All 21 Uncolored Plates And All 23 Colored Plates. Bindings Worn At Edges, Frayed At Tips, Rubbed At Joints And Top/Bottom Of Spine, But All Nicely And Professionally Repaired And Refreshed. Vol. Ii Is Cracked At Rear Endpapers, And Torn Externally For Several Inches Along Top Rear Spine Edge, And Could Benefit From Further Restoration. Calligraphic Inscription To Lovell James Hamlin From William Bentley, Dated Christmas 1868.
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- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020760
- Title
- A History of the Earth and Animated Nature with Numerous Notes from the Works of the Most Distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists Volumes I and II [ Inscribed By William Bentley]
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver [inscribed By William Bentley]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with More Than Two Thousand Figures and Including Color Plates
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Size
- 9 7/8" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Autographs
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- Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books; Science (general); Autographs (also see our subject-specific catalogs on this site);
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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