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Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism
by Gray, Asa
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1889. Title page dated 1889. Scholarly reference on Darwin and anything related to his work by the noted American botanist. Rust colored cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Externally good with light edge rubbing, remains of old paper label at spine foot, good hinges, sound text block, pages unfortunately intermittently dampstained throughout - fully legible and with stains mainly limited to the upper and lower margins - no damp odor, pages otherwise clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037505
- Title
- Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism
- Author
- Gray, Asa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- EVOLUTION NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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