The Microscope and its Revelations
by CARPENTER, William B.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13842
- Title
- The Microscope and its Revelations
- Author
- CARPENTER, William B.;
- Format/Binding
- Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends worn, small split at joint, endpaper inscription date
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Churchill, 1856, First edition.
- Size
- thick 12mo [18 x 12 cm]; xx, 778
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Science & Technology;
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Horizon Books
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...