A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of The British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds.
by William Turton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth binding with gilt shell design on the front, gilt titles on the spine. Some imprinted patterning, cloth faded with wear and some light discoloration. Hinge and text block tight, heraldic book plate inside the front. 12 beautiful coloured plates all present, the first being the frontispiece with tissue-guard in place. Pages smooth and clean, closed page edge a little grubby. Awell preserved book.
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- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033484
- Title
- A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of The British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds.
- Author
- William Turton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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David's Bookshop
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
About David's Bookshop
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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