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Rambles of an Australian Naturalist
by Fountain, Paul (from the notes of Thomas Ward)
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: John Murray, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 344pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles and design on front and spine. Covers are poor with loss, torn cloth. Gilt top text block edge, starting to fox. Gutters cracked and stretched, presentation plate on front pastedown, foxing to prelims. Internally neat, clean and bright, baring some foxing throughout. 8vo. The musings of a Queensland stock farmer and his study of Nature in the wild.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012635
- Title
- Rambles of an Australian Naturalist
- Author
- Fountain, Paul (from the notes of Thomas Ward)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Naturalists, Australia
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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- 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....
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
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