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Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance
by Rev William Spiers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Robert Culley, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Undated but circa 1907, possible first edition. 8vo, viii + pp160 with b/w illustrations throughout plus 16 pages of catalogue of prize and gift books to rear. Hardcover no dust jacket. Pictorial brown buckram binding with bevelled edges and leather inlay and gilt and black design to front board with gilt and black to spine. Binding in good condition with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine and little rubbing to edges and tips . Inside all pages with full edge gilt in very good clean condition with a little foxing and aging to end papers. A lovely copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000564
- Title
- Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance
- Author
- Rev William Spiers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Culley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- science and medicine
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
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
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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