OLD RED SANDSTONE: Or, New Walks in an Old Field
by Miller, Hugh
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1851. 288+pp. Original cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding soiled and faded w/ light wear to extremities. Spine sunned. "The Hadley Library" bookplate on front paste-down; previous owner's name on front endpaper, and top margin of title page. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ numerous engravings, and a fold-out color diagram at front. Still a strong, sturdy copy.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8247
- Title
- OLD RED SANDSTONE: Or, New Walks in an Old Field
- Author
- Miller, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Gould and Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY DEVONIAN WORLD HISTORY SCOTLAND EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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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