A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea
by Bell, T
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g./No Jacket
- Seller
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Van Voorst, 1837. 1st edition. Half leather binding, marbled boards. V.g./No Jacket. Half leather binding, the corners and extremities of spine worn but with attractive gilt decorations on the raised bands; red leather label on spine, with gilt lettering; tightly bound text block, with marbling on all edges. No inscriptions. Well illustrated with small wood engravings.Typed letter from Percy H. Grimshaw on Royal Scottish Museum headed notepaper loosely inserted. The recipient isn't named but his enquiry (about a Bank Vole, Clethrionomys glareolus) had been addressed to Mr W.E. Clarke; but in his absence, Grimshaw was handling his correspondence.
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- Bookseller
- Acanthophyllum Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23623
- Title
- A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea
- Author
- Bell, T
- Format/Binding
- Half leather binding, marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Van Voorst
- Date Published
- 1837
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Acanthophyllum Books
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Holywell, Flintshire
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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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....