Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life; Or, Curiosities of Vegetation
by M. C. Cooke
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 463 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Taped to hinges. Pages 145-160 detached but present. Title page detached but present. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Boards are slightly warped. Some staining to boards. Marked fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1715349232CAB
- Title
- Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life; Or, Curiosities of Vegetation
- Author
- M. C. Cooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
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World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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...