YEAST: A Problem, by the author of Alton Locke
by Charles Kingsley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1851. copyright edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 337 pgs. 4 x 6 1/4 in. Brown quarter morocco with marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 4 raised bands. Marbled edges to text block. Condition of book is VERY GOOD+; Covers, spines lightly worn. Corners bumped. Text somewhat foxed throughout. Upper text block darkened. Small stain upper right front. Binding very tight. Small David B. Ogden bookplate on front pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2977
- Title
- YEAST
- Author
- Charles Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- copyright edition
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1851
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
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