The Natural History Of Gems, Or Semi-precious Stones.
by King, C. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bell & Daldy. Good+. 1870. Hardcover. Mildly ex-lilbrary, old one inch paper spine label, donar bookplate, small stamp at bottom of title page, unused pocket, internally about VG. ; 8vo; 3/4 green morocco, raised bands, gilt spine, top edge gilt, xii, 377p., illustrations, index. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57892
- Title
- The Natural History Of Gems, Or Semi-precious Stones.
- Author
- King, C. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Bell & Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Precious Stones, Gems, Gemstones, Rocks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Janet & Henry Hurley
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...