Animal Species & Evolution
by Ernst Mayr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Belknap Press, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 797 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with light foxing to edges throughout, heavier to front and rear of book and text block edges. Illustrations are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, heavy tears to top edge, and creasing. Light tanning overall, heavier to spine and slight foxing to inside panel edges. Wear marks overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623143496ADA
- Title
- Animal Species & Evolution
- Author
- Ernst Mayr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press
- Date Published
- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.