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The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. Second Edition.
by DARWIN, CHARLES;
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Murray 1888 2nd edition. Hardback, 8vo. 7.5 x 5 ins. In dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Blind embossed panelled boards. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition. Cloth rubbed at corners and edges and a little on faces of boards, a couple of marks to spine and front. Inscription on half title page. Endpapers lightly marked, inside hinges very slightly cracked between endpapers, A couple of marks, pages a little tanned. Else a clean and tight copy. 482pp. With explanatory tables.
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. Second Edition.
- Author
- DARWIN, CHARLES;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray 1888 2nd edition
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY DARWIN, CHARLES; The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, John Murray, 1888 2nd edition
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- 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,...
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