The Microscope and Microscopical Technology. A Text-Book for Physicians and Students
by Frey, Heinrich; Translated from the German and Edited by George R. Cutter, M.D
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Wood & Co., 1872. 12th Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Royal Octavo. 658 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth. The binding is worn and soiled about the edges. Headcap and foot of the spine are abraded with the cloth peeling back at the headcap. The edges of the binding are especially soiled or dust-stained. Inner hinges cracking with the muslin exposed at the rear gutter. Most of the text block is sound, although the gathering for pages 163-174 is slightly sprung. The rear flyleaf is a little off-center. Text is toned. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Complete with the Errata slip at the beginning of Section I.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043394
- Title
- The Microscope and Microscopical Technology. A Text-Book for Physicians and Students
- Author
- Frey, Heinrich; Translated from the German and Edited by George R. Cutter, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 12th Printing
- Publisher
- William Wood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1872; Heinrich Frey; George W. Cutter; Doctor; Doctors; Medicine; Medical Books; Rare; Collectible; 19th Century; Microscopical; Technology; Physicians; Students; Science; Scientific; Microscope; Microscopy.
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.