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Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, 1888. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1888. Eighteenth Thousand. 519 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Rough-cut and uncut pages. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Noticeable cracking to front hinge and gutters causing front board and pages 289-336 to be loose. Mild foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking to some pages. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild water staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Noticeable dent to rear board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1688974050MEP
- Title
- Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1888
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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...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Acceptable
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- 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....
- 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...
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