The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of SOuthampton
by Gilbert White
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No edition remarks. 476 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Uncut pages, some pages are still attached at upper edge. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Notable creasing to gutters with mild cracking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers. Moderate dust staining to upper text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate water droplet stains to boards. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Moderate tanning and small dents to board edges. Heavy tanning to spine, which has notable crushing and wear to ends. Chalk number to spine. Moderate marks and staining to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690529399ADA
- Title
- The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of SOuthampton
- Author
- Gilbert White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1900
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.