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THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD, IN NATURE, ART, AND MIND; Comprising a Complete Library of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge; Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings; Consisting of Views of Cities, Celebrated Edifices, and Other Great Works of Architecture, Monuments, Mechanical ....beasts, Birds, Fishes
by Robert Sears (compiler)
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Edward Walker. Poor. 1853. Hardcover. We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Rare. Brown cloth cover with spine strip and front board detached (but both present). Front signatures detached. Pages are foxed but in good condition. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of engravings, many are full page. Particularly fascinating is wide array of engravings from the animal kingdom and several astronomy. A worthy candidate for rebinding. .
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9196
- Title
- THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD, IN NATURE, ART, AND MIND; Comprising a Complete Library of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge; Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings; Consisting of Views of Cities, Celebrated Edifices, and Other Great Works of Architecture, Monuments, Mechanical ....beasts, Birds, Fishes
- Author
- Robert Sears (compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Publisher
- Edward Walker
- Date Published
- 1853
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.