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Essays on The Floating-matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection
by Tyndall, John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Longmans, Green, 1881. 1st Edition . Hard Back. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xx, 340pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends, cloth worn through. Corners bumped, boards rounded. Cocked. Black endpapers faded and cracked. Top corner of fly-leaf removed. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Various black and white engravings as illustrations.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010561
- Title
- Essays on The Floating-matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection
- Author
- Tyndall, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- Science, Atmosphere
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fly-Leaf
- ...
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