A Glance at the Physical Sciences; or the Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air, and Sky
by Samuel G. Goodrich (Author of Peter Parley's Tales
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Bradbury, Soden, & Co, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Boston, 1844. From the library of retired ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely. Brown cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges worn with boards exposed at corners and chipping at spine ends; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall, no jacket. Gutter cracked at title page, half title page detached but present; frontis and additional illustrations in black and white; foxing throughout; no internal markings; 352 pages.
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- NC0516
- Title
- A Glance at the Physical Sciences; or the Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air, and Sky
- Author
- Samuel G. Goodrich (Author of Peter Parley's Tales
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Soden, & Co
- Date Published
- 1844
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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