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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including a Biographical Chapter, Volume II (of II) only
by Darwin, Francis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. Small octavo (5" x 7.75"), terracotta cloth, gilt, with black border design on the cover which is in blind on the back cover. 562 ,(2)pp. with index and appendices. 2p. advertisment for Appleton's publications follows the index. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait from a photograph, and a facsimile of a notebook page from 1837 with the text printed on the facing page. Errata slip laid down on p.v. A lovely, solid copy. There is a faint white waxy streak on the cover and a little bump on the spine. This is Volume II only.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19316
- Title
- The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including a Biographical Chapter, Volume II (of II) only
- Author
- Darwin, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Science; Natural History; Darwin; Natural Selection; Evolution
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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