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Intermarriage or The Mode in Which, and the Causes Why. Beauty, Health and Intellect, Result from Certain Unions, and Deformity, Disease and Insanity from Others: Demonstrated by Delineation of the Structure and Forms, and Description of the Functions and Capacities, Which Each Parent, In Every Pair, Bestows on Children, in Conformity with Certain Natural Laws, and an Account of Corresponding Effects in the Breedin
by Walker, Alexander
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1858. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. viii, 384 pages. 16 pages of publisher advertisements in back. Illustrated with frontispiece and 7 other plates. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Corners bumped. Shelf wear and a lean to the binding. Yellow right front flyleaf removed. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30958
- Title
- Intermarriage or The Mode in Which, and the Causes Why. Beauty, Health and Intellect, Result from Certain Unions, and Deformity, Disease and Insanity from Others
- Author
- Walker, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Lindsay and Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1858
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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