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THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
by Gilbert White
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMIllan and Co., 1905. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 9 in. Half black morocco with blue cloth and gilt rules, gilt lettering and decorations on spine with 5 raised bands. Condition is GOOD ; front hinge starting with split at top and bottom. almost no edge wear, cover has white spot. Binding tight and text clean with a few toned/foxed pgs early in text. Sides of text block foxed. Nature. Stax.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10233
- Title
- THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- Author
- Gilbert White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- London: MacMIllan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1905
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Glossary
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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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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