Nature for Its Own Sake
by Van Dyke, John C
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Book. Illus. by ARMSTRONG, MARGARET (BINDING DESIGNER). Fair. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Scribner's, 1898. First edition. Margaret Armstrong decorative green cloth binding with gold decoration and titles. Frontispiece portrait, 292 pp. Early book of nature writing. Chipping to top and bottom of spine with loss of material, rear hinge open. Stamped with school name, possibly school library book. Decent reading copy in fair condition..
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005391
- Title
- Nature for Its Own Sake
- Author
- Van Dyke, John C
- Illustrator
- ARMSTRONG, MARGARET (BINDING DESIGNER)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- EARLY NATURE WRITING
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Respectful Exits
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...