Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life
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. This is an ex-Library book. Decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. pp385-400 detached but present. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Section of pages detached, from 385 to 400. Some occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1709136113CRD
- Title
- Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life
- Author
- M C Cooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...