The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe
by Reclus, Elisée
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, Franklin Square: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1879. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/2" X 6 . Translated by the Late B.B. Woodward, M.A. and edited by Henry Woodward, British Museum. Illustrated by 230 maps inserted in the text, and 23 page maps printed in colors. LXXXVI chapters, 567 pp. plus: Index, Valuable and Interesting Works for Public and Private Libraries Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Book features gilt globe on front, blind stamp of publisher's insignia on rear. Beveled edges with double black decorative rectangles on front, gilt text on spine. Extremities bumped/scuffed, but book is tight and square. Digital pictures available on request. Book weighs nearly three lb. and will require extra shipping, except if shipped within Canada Bookseller's Inventory # 082062.
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- Seller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002062
- Title
- The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe
- Author
- Reclus, Elisée
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, Franklin Square
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 9 1/2" X 6
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...