London, UK: Groombridge and Sons. Half-bound in green leather over marbled paper boards. Ornamented red and gilt spine with raised bands and gilt title to red panel. 496pp. b/w wood engravings; tinted plates; colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, all edges rubbed, shelf wear to boards. Title panel to spine partially detached. Marbled end papers and text block edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Slight foxing throughout. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Good-. Hardcover. 1866.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 114093
Title: The Intellectual Observer: Review of Natural History Microscopic Research and Recreative Science. - Vol. VIII
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good-
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1866
Pages: 496
Size: 220mm x 145mm.
Keywords: history science magazine unit fifteen

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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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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....
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...