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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin [3 Volumes]
by Darwin, Charles & Franics Darwin (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1887. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require additional postage for international shipping. ; Complete 3 volume set; Boards bound in worn blue cloth, all slightly soiled w/ fraying at ends of spine, vol.III split at rear-spine edge [~6" in length] and superficially scratched on front, vol.I stained at base of front board, gilt lettering remains bright; Pages age-toned, rough-cut top edges, subscription library bookplates on front pastedown of vols.II & III, no annotation; Binding intact, though all vols. splitting at front joint. These volumes were edited by Franics Darwin, the son of Charle Darwin. ; 6 x 9"; ~1,205 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52557
- Title
- The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin [3 Volumes]
- Author
- Darwin, Charles & Franics Darwin (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1887
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walden Books
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About the Seller
Walden Books
Biblio member since 2010
London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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