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The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Appleton, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. VG red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for bookplate on front paste down. No dust jacket. 300pp. Index. Cover lightly soiled, spot where sticker removed on FFEP, previous owner stamp on end paper, slight webbing showing at half title page, slight wear to corners. 2nd edition, revised. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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- Bookseller
- Imperial Books and Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039223
- Title
- The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 1.25 lbs
Terms of Sale
Imperial Books and Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Imperial Books and Collectibles
Biblio member since 2012
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
About Imperial Books and Collectibles
Imperial Books and Collectibles, LLC is a partnership of retired professionals and avid collectors who are liquidating their own collections of books while assisting others to market their books both online and in a retail outlet under the "ImperialBks" banner. In business since 2010, ImperialBks has sold over ten thousand of high quality paper items through various channels with a uniformly high degree of customer satisfaction. Our mission is to treat both clients and customers like royalty, giving great value and personal attention to each.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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