Life on the Seashore or Animals of Our Coasts and Bays
by Emerton, James H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George A. Bates. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth with lettering and decoration stamped in gilt and black. Minor edgewear, rubbing and soil; slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed. B/w illustrations. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 143 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9786
- Title
- Life on the Seashore or Animals of Our Coasts and Bays
- Author
- Emerton, James H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George A. Bates
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / Marine Life;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.