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The Evolution of Man - A Popular Scientific Study - Vol. I Human Embryology or Ontogeny
by Ernst Haeckel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
€23.98€19.18
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About This Item
London: Watts & Co, 1905 Book. Fair. Black Cloth Boards. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scientific work by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel first published in 1874, this edition translated from the 5th Edition by Joseph McCabe. 411pp illustrated with colour plates and black and white drawings to the text. Tissue-guarded plate to frontis.Top edges gilt. Some bumping to spine and corners, binding slack, tape repair to left hinge, cup ring to top board and white spotting to lower board, otherwise fair reading copy. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016107
- Title
- The Evolution of Man - A Popular Scientific Study - Vol. I Human Embryology or Ontogeny
- Author
- Ernst Haeckel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Watts & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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