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The Wonders Of Nature And Art: Comprising Upwards Of Three Hundred Of The Most Remarkable Curiosities And Phenomena In The Known World : With An Appendix ... Travellers, Historians, And Naturalists
by Joseph Taylor
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for J. Chidley, 123, Aldersgate Street, 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. Sixth Edition. 568 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Rough-cut pages. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692284802DPB
- Title
- The Wonders Of Nature And Art: Comprising Upwards Of Three Hundred Of The Most Remarkable Curiosities And Phenomena In The Known World : With An Appendix ... Travellers, Historians, And Naturalists
- Author
- Joseph Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Chidley, 123, Aldersgate Street
- Date Published
- 1836
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- Acceptable
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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