Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science
by Allen, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair+/None
- Seller
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Blairsville, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Dark brown/maroon cloth on boards with gilt on spine. 288 pp. Previous owner's stamp inside front cover. Damage to top edges of pp. 73–92. Shallow crease of top corner of pp 217 to end of book. Splitting of front hinge, otherwise sound binding. Bumping & rubbing of cover corners & spine edges; some scuffing of boards. Text is unmarked; tanned with age, but no foxing detected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PurJoy Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio2886
- Title
- Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science
- Author
- Allen, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bailliere, Tindall, & Cox
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PurJoy Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Blairsville, Georgia
About PurJoy Bookshop
Specializing in Puritan, Reformed theology, nature, and science books.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...