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Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic: designed for the use of students
by George Gregory M.D
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Longford , Longford, Ireland
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About This Item
Burgess and Hill, London 1828. Third Edition.
Very scarce UK edition, in one volume by George Gregory MD (1790-1853).
Condition is Good.
Contemporary half calf over marbled boards.
Calf spine has a tear approx 1.5 cm at head and a tear of approx 2 cms at tail. Some wear at corners of boards and at joints.
Binding good but rear hinge with last three leaves weakened. However no leaves are detached, book is not shaken or loose.
Internally there is some light occasional foxing with heavier foxing/browning in early leaves and last few leaves and also pastedowns. Two small pieces missing from top of first blank.
There is a signature in ink of a previous owner on title page. Some small notations (indecipherable) by a previous owner in ink on rear pastedown.
All edges marbled.
This is the very scarce UK edition.
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- Bookseller
- Dephen Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2063
- Title
- Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic
- Author
- George Gregory M.D
- Format/Binding
- Half calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Burgess and Hill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1828
- Pages
- 696
- Size
- 22 x 14 cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medicine, Physics
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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