EXPLANATIONS: A SEQUEL TO "VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION"
by Anonymous [Robert Chambers]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
John Churchill, London, 1845. 8vo in original red cloth stamped in blind with gilt titling to spine. 198 pp. followed by 8 pp. of publisher's ads. First edition of 1,500 copies, subsequently appended to later editions of Vestiges. VG. Corners and spine ends bumped; small nick to edge of rear board. Light soiling to boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Faint foxing to endmatter and very sparsely in the text, which is free of writing or any other markings. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 090820LS
- Title
- EXPLANATIONS: A SEQUEL TO "VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION"
- Author
- Anonymous [Robert Chambers]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Churchill, London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- evolution
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- VG
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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