London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1870. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Boards worn and faded. The contents leaf and the preface leaf have been transposed when the book was rebound. 3 1/2" x 2" piece missing at top of half title page. 1/4" loss of leather at corners of boards. Some spotting to page egdes. ; viii, 375 pages. Ex-Library. Half calf binding. Five raised bands on spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

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Seller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Seller's Inventory #: 5560
Title: Gleanings in Natural History
Author: Jesse, Edward
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: John Murray
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1870

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
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...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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....
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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...