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The Thinker's Library, N0. 41: Fireside Science
by Lankester, Sir E. Ray (Beadnell, C. M., Surgeon Rear-Admiral – Compiler)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Watts & Co, London, 1942. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Illustrated. preface by compiler, and index. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black illustration to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel with black coloured titles. Black coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with ochre coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Small vignettes on science from one of early 20th century zoologists. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with bumping to the book corners with the underlying board visible to the lower book edges. Rubbing and bumping to the lower book edges with rubbing to the book panels. Browning and foxing to the textblock edges and browning to the pages. Previous owners details to the front paste-down. The dustwrapper is in appalling condition. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Numerous small tears and chips to the dustwrapper edges. Heavy sunning of the backstrip and previous owner has blackened out the price on the backstrip and lower edge of the front panel. There is a 1.25" tear to the front spine gutter edge, 1.25" from the lower edge. The front fold over panel has split for 3.5 ", lower edge. Creasing to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel and there is a 2.25" tear to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. A previous owner has supported that tear with tape to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 145, [3 – of which two were further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 0116361. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0116361
- Title
- The Thinker's Library, N0. 41: Fireside Science
- Author
- Lankester, Sir E. Ray (Beadnell, C. M., Surgeon Rear-Admiral – Compiler)
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Watts & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- BZDB2 The Thinker's Library, N0. 41, science, zoology Science & Technology; Illustrated Unbranded Lankester, Sir E. Ray (Beadnell, C. M., Surgeon Rear-Admiral – Compiler) The Thinker's Library, N0. 41: Fireside Science
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
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