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A New Treatise on the Use Of Globes; or A Philosophical View of the Earth And Heavens..
by Thomas Keith
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Reesm Orma, Brown and Green, 1824. seventh. Leather_bound. Good. 12mo. in original tree calf, spine decorated in gilt and with black title label letterd in gilt. Marbled endpapers. xxiii+ 358 mpp. plus six folding plates at rear as called for. 'The Seventh Edition, Corrected and Improved". Front board detached, rear outer gutter split by still attached; 19th century personal library bookplate front pastedown. Scattered light foxing to the text and plates.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23607
- Title
- A New Treatise on the Use Of Globes; or A Philosophical View of the Earth And Heavens..
- Author
- Thomas Keith
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- seventh
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Reesm Orma, Brown and Green
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- scinece, astronomy, planets, earth, geology, meteorology, tides, solar system, eclispes, moon, sun
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
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