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LIFE OF FRANK BUCKLAND
by Bompas, George C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Smith Elder and Co, 1891. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. ix, 433, b/w portrait frontispiece. Contemporary full polished calf binding with 5 raised bands to the spine, gilt decorated compartments between and red spine label, gilt rulled borders to the boards;all edges marbled to matc marbled end papers. Binding very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to joints and extremities, corners a little bumped and worn. Contents clean and tight, gift inscriptions to the verso of the front free end paper, rear free end paper excised. A very good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014384
- Title
- LIFE OF FRANK BUCKLAND
- Author
- Bompas, George C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- A New Edition
- Publisher
- Smith Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies & Autobiographies - Naturalists;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
We are pleased to offer a full refund on any item, if it is returned within 14. If it is not as described, we will also be happy to reimburse shipping costs, otherwise we will only refund the cost of the item. The above only applies if we receive the item back in the same condition that it was sent. We are happy to send books under 1kg free in the UK
About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
Please visit us at loebooks.co.uk Our website listing are 10% lower and just for November we offer a further 15% discount once you reach the basket. We welcome contact with you via email or phone prior to purchase if you would like more information.
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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