MONOGRAPHS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: Volume XVIII (Eighteen) (18)/GASTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE RARITAN CLAYS AND GREENSAND MARLS OF NEW JERSEY
by Department of the Interior/Whitfield, Robert Parr/Powell, J. W. (Director of the United States Geological Survey)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1892. 401 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Small tears and chips to blank endpapers. Rear hinge cracked. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures.. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880
- Title
- MONOGRAPHS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: Volume XVIII (Eighteen) (18)/GASTEROPODA AND CEPHALOPODA OF THE RARITAN CLAYS AND GREENSAND MARLS OF NEW JERSEY
- Author
- Department of the Interior/Whitfield, Robert Parr/Powell, J. W. (Director of the United States Geological Survey)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY MONOGRAPHS UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SCIENCE GASTEROPODA CEPHALOPODA RARITAN CLAYS GREENSAND MARLS NEW JERSEY STATE HISTORY NJ AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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