United Kingdom: Adam and Charles Black. Fair. 1899. First Edition (?). Hardcover. SOLD AS A READING/BINDER'S COPY - An 1899 presumed 1st edition hardcover without dustwrapper, in aged/soiled cloth-covered boards with zebra pattern and dulled gilt lettering. The backstrip is missing, and a crack at the front endpaper has been historically mended with adhesive tape. Internally the text block is in very good condition without writing or stamps, pages occasionally very slightly foxed and lightly tanned to the edges. A tight, useful copy of a scarce original title. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 49163
Title: The Penycuik Experiments
Author: J C Ewart
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Edition: First Edition (?)
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1899
Keywords: Horse Breeding
Bookseller catalogs: Science;

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Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...