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Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
by Agassiz, Elizabeth Gary
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. 1885 printing. Hardcover. Good/None. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence, in Two Volumes, Elizabeth Gary Agassiz, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Cambridge, 1885, xi, 400 pp., 8 x 5½ inches.
Both volumes: dark blue boards with gilt titling to spine, top edge gilt with light soiling, scuffing to covers, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, rubbing to bottom edge, worn to boards at corners, name plate inside front cover, stamped Dec 18 1937 inside front cover, pages toned particularly around the edges Vol I: wear to boards at spine edge, Vol II:, bottom corners turned slightly inwards, sunning to spine. 1885 printing. Good condition.
Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earths' natural history. He is known for observational data gathering and analysis. He made institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas" (Wikipedia).
Both volumes: dark blue boards with gilt titling to spine, top edge gilt with light soiling, scuffing to covers, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, rubbing to bottom edge, worn to boards at corners, name plate inside front cover, stamped Dec 18 1937 inside front cover, pages toned particularly around the edges Vol I: wear to boards at spine edge, Vol II:, bottom corners turned slightly inwards, sunning to spine. 1885 printing. Good condition.
Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earths' natural history. He is known for observational data gathering and analysis. He made institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas" (Wikipedia).
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- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611
- Title
- Louis Agassiz
- Author
- Agassiz, Elizabeth Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1885 printing
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- biololgy, geology, natural history, Louis Agassiz
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- 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...
- Plate
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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