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The Natural History of Selborne; Observations on various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's Calendar
by White, Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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IVER, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1833. viii, 440, frontis, 18 engraved plates. . HB. 8vo, later. full speckled calf, gilt triple fillet border to both boards, raised bands to spine, compartments ornately tooled in gilt, leather title piece, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg. Light rubbing to joints. Later gift inscription to flyleaf. Fine binding.. New edition, with additions, by Sir William Jardine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A51497
- Title
- The Natural History of Selborne; Observations on various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's Calendar
- Author
- White, Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittaker, Treacher, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Britain; England; Hampshire; Selborne; Fine Binding; Natural History
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About the Seller
Pemberley Natural History Books
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About Pemberley Natural History Books
Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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