ELEPHANTS : A Short Account of Their Natural History Evoltion and Influence on Mankind
by Richard Carrington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All four corners of front and rear flaps clipped. Shelfwear and closed tears on spine crown and heel, front panel top and bottom corner, and front panel top edge. Light foxing on top text block edge. Light shelfwear on rear panel. .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310285
- Title
- ELEPHANTS : A Short Account of Their Natural History Evoltion and Influence on Mankind
- Author
- Richard Carrington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.