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GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT And Along The Adjacent Coast Of Dorsetshire; Illustrative Of The Most Interesting Geological Phenomena And Organic Remains.
by Mantell, Gideon Algernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Book. Very good condition. Half-Cloth. Third edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxxii, 356 pages of text, [ii], followed by 32 pages of publisher's advertisement. Complete with 20 plates including a hand-colored fold-out map. This map is slightly mis-folded causing chipping and tearing to the outer margin, not affecting the image. Rebound "by J.S." in brown cloth with gilt title and lettering on spine. The text is clean and unmarked. Third edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019685
- Title
- GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT And Along The Adjacent Coast Of Dorsetshire; Illustrative Of The Most Interesting Geological Phenomena And Organic Remains.
- Author
- Mantell, Gideon Algernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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