Memories of My Life
by Sir Francis Galton
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen and Co, 1908. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1908. First Edition. 331 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be slightly loose. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Deckled bottom edge of text block, with mild tearing and creasing. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Minor water staining to top text block edge. Text is unaffected. Small pencil annotations to pages on occasion. Faint black marks to some pages. Text is legible. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Splits to joints causing cloth to be frayed. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Black markings with mild water staining overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1682492002RFM
- Title
- Memories of My Life
- Author
- Sir Francis Galton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co
- Date Published
- 1908
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...