THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A Biography of a Man and an Idea.
by Clark, Ronald W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, (1984)., (1984).. Very good. - Octavo, gray boards backed with dark blue cloth & titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust wrapper is lightly rubbed & there are tiny chips to the top of its front panel & the head of its spine. x & 449 pages. 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The top edge of the book is lightly foxed. Very good.
First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36381
- Title
- THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A Biography of a Man and an Idea.
- Author
- Clark, Ronald W
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Random House, (1984).
- Date Published
- (1984).
- Keywords
- SCIENCE; EVOLUTION; THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN AND AN IDEA; THE BEAGLE; THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES; BISHOP WILBERFORCE; T. H. HUXLEY; WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN; LYSENKO; GREGOR MENDEL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....