NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE 2 Volumes Set
by HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHANDLER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book vol.1 : 383 pp., vol.2 : 416pp., bound in 3/4 crimson morocco leather and crimson cloth covered boards bdgs. with gilt-stamped edges of corners of boards & edges spines, 5 raised bands on spine, gilt-stamped titling & decorated spines, teg, marbled end papers. (light shelf wear, with corners of boards scuffed with tiny worn through spots. X-libris paper plate inner front board of Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet who was a British racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry. He also provided support for the British Film industry in its early days. Paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise very clean and tight copies)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 353H
- Title
- NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE 2 Volumes Set
- Author
- HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHANDLER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett, Publishers
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY. HUMOUR
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Odyssey Books
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Pointe Claire, Quebec
About Odyssey Books
We have been an established bookstore since 1986 but are operating from home now as we have closed the store for retirement.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 12mo
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.