The Fern World
by HEATH, FRANCIS GEORGE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879. Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering on title plate & gilt tooling with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xi + 459pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners with some surface loss, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 251985
- Title
- The Fern World
- Author
- HEATH, FRANCIS GEORGE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879
- Keywords
- ferns botany plants illustrated British
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Half Bound
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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