Catalogue Of The Mesozoic Plants In The British Museum (Natural History): The Cretaceous Flora. Part I.- Bibliography, Algae & Fungi.
by Marie C Stopes
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
British Museum; Longmans Green et al, 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. No edition stated. 285 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Cretaceous Flora Part I. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Fold-out stratigraphical table. Includes illustrated plates to rear. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Front endpaper has been removed. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting, however text block remains firm. Some bubbling to pastedowns. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Heavy dark mottling overall. Gilt is bright.
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- Title
- Catalogue Of The Mesozoic Plants In The British Museum (Natural History): The Cretaceous Flora. Part I.- Bibliography, Algae & Fungi.
- Author
- Marie C Stopes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- British Museum; Longmans Green et al
- Date Published
- 1913
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- 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,...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Acceptable
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- 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....