THE OCEAN, ATMOSPHERE, AND LIFE Being the Second Series of a Descriptive History of the Life of the Globe.
by Reclus, Elisee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Hardcover; large 8vo; 534 pages. First American Edition. With 27 maps in colour, and 250 maps/figures total. Green cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine and a gilt globe on the front. With black borders to front and back. Bevelled boards. Heavily rubbed and soiled overall, with some black spotting on spine. Top edge browned, else yellowed. Some marks on fep, other endpapers are clean. Inscription on publisher's blank. The pages are yellowing but quite bright, with minor foxing throughout. G-/--. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223098
- Title
- THE OCEAN, ATMOSPHERE, AND LIFE Being the Second Series of a Descriptive History of the Life of the Globe.
- Author
- Reclus, Elisee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography;
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J. Wyatt Books
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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....
- Cloth
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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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.