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On the Constitutional Treatment of Female Diseases
by RIGBY, Edward MD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good -
- Seller
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BATH, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Renshaw, 1857. First edition. Embossed boards. Good -. 8vo. Embossed dark green boards, gilt titles to spine. xii, 324 + ads. Previous owner's name Kath(?) Brigstocke in Victorian hand to flyleaf. Worn to spine ends, with small loss, boards have suffered some water damage with bubbling to overlay to front and back, front gutter cracked, binding cocked. The water damage does not penetrate to text block. Binding still firm and holding, and internally, pages are clean and free of marks or foxing.
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- Bookseller
- tinyBook
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00004018
- Title
- On the Constitutional Treatment of Female Diseases
- Author
- RIGBY, Edward MD
- Format/Binding
- Embossed boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Renshaw
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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