The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
by Gilbert White
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Folio Society, 1994. Hardcover. Good. 1994. No Edition Stated. 384 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Brown slipcase over marbled boards with green cloth spine and gilt titles. Introduction by Ian Niall. Illustrated by Chris Wormell. Upper text block edge brown. Book is in better condition than most. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Slipcase has some minor rub marks, slight scratches, other small marks and slight wear to corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1661848839EMB
- Title
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- Author
- Gilbert White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1994
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...