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The Natural History of Selborne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalists Calendar
by WHITE Gilbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons, 1878 full leather, upper board has gilt "ALL SAINTS' SCHOOL BLOXHAM.", spine 5 raised bands, gilt dec panels, morocco label, gilt to fore edges of boards, marbled closed edges and endpapers, All Saints' School prize plate for the Cambridge Syndicate Examination of 1883, for A Wilks who won the ivth division prize, very minor browning or foxing to some margins or plates, tissue guarded frontis. xxiv 416pp + 40 engravings on plates. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010386
- Title
- The Natural History of Selborne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalists Calendar
- Author
- WHITE Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- British Natural History England Illustrations Natural History Selborne Illustrations Full Leather Leather Bound Marbled Extra Gilt All Saints School Bloxham A Wilks 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY & FARMING;
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About Fortuna Books
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- First Edition
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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...
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
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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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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