Naturalist in the Guianas
by Eugene Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS, January 1904. Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good. Octavo in full red cloth, gilt spine title and cover decoration. Two lovely chromolithographs with tissue guared, fold-out map at the rear. Very Good: corners and spine ends bumped and lightly rubbed, foxing to the title page, spine mildly faded, contemporary p.o. signature on the front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20110408127045
- Title
- Naturalist in the Guianas
- Author
- Eugene Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS
- Date Published
- January 1904
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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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...