Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays
by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1871. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 384 pgs., 1871 2nd corrected edition, binding shaken with lean to spine, front gutter partially cracked, rubbed and lightly frayed at corners, lightly rubbed edges, pages yellowed, lightly foxed endpapers
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- The Battery Books & Music
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 293B
- Title
- Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays
- Author
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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