The Moths of the British Isles: Second Series
by Richard South
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1973. Reprinted. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Colour and black and white illustration plates throughout. Pages bright with some tanning and foxing, particularly to textblock edges and endpapers. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners, crushing to spine ends and rubbing and moderate staining all over. Spine sunned and tanned. Gilt lettering is dulled and rubbed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693820183MXP
- Title
- The Moths of the British Isles: Second Series
- Author
- Richard South
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1973
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....