CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES: THE ADVENTURES OF A NATURALIST IN THE LESSER ANTILLES
by Ober, Frederick A
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:Lee and Shepard Publishers., 1880. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1880. xviii+366pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Brown boards decorated in gilt on front cover and spine strip, soiled and shelfworn with wear along beveled edges, spine ends and edge points. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Paper throughout slightly age-toned but clean. The binding is tight but both hinges, front and rear, have cracked.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26677
- Title
- CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES: THE ADVENTURES OF A NATURALIST IN THE LESSER ANTILLES
- Author
- Ober, Frederick A
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston:Lee and Shepard Publishers.
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- CARIBBEAN; NATURALIST; NATURE;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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