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Text-Book of Geology. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. IN LOVELY FULL LEATHER BINDING by Bickers and Son.
by Geikie. Sir Archibald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Macmillan & Co, 1903. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volume set in stunning full tree calf leather binding by Bickers and Son with their stamp, gilt shield to front cover of each volume, spines very heavily decorated in gilt with five raised bands, contrasting red and green leather spine labels lettered and numbered in gilt, cover borders and edges decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout, 1472 pages, prize bookplate to paste down endpaper of each volume, rubbing to small section of board edge of one volume otherwise a lovely set in near fine condition. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.
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- Bookseller
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136646
- Title
- Text-Book of Geology. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. IN LOVELY FULL LEATHER BINDING by Bickers and Son.
- Author
- Geikie. Sir Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Bindings. Leather Bindings. Fine Leather set. Bickers and Sons. Signed Bindings.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Fine Bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
All books sold as complete unless stated otherwise. Books may be returned within two weeks if not as described. We post three times a week using Royal Mail. Tracking is not available unless requested and will be at considerable extra cost.
About the Seller
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
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Carmarthenshire
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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