A System of Phrenology (2 volumes)
by George Combe
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
MacLachlan & Stewart and John Anderson, 1836. Hardcover . Fair/No Jacket. Fair Hardcovers with No DJs. 2 volumes. Moderate to heavy soiling and shelfwear to covers, including bumping, rubbing, and tearing. Spine ends bumped and rubbed with some tearing. Textblock darkened with age and soiling. Inside covers and endpapers soiled. Some pages have soiling/foxing. One segment of pages loosening from binding a bit. Pages yellowing. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 190929
- Title
- A System of Phrenology (2 volumes)
- Author
- George Combe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacLachlan & Stewart and John Anderson
- Date Published
- 1836
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Jane Addams Book Shop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Jane Addams Book Shop
Biblio member since 2010
Champaign, Illinois
About Jane Addams Book Shop
We are a locally owned, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than twenty-five years. With more than 70,000 titles in our shop we have a number of very well-stocked sections that span fifteen separate rooms on three floors.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...