A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle" round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Wellington, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
london: John Murray, 1888. Later printing. Leather_bound. Very Good. Contemporary three quarter leather binding by Mudie. seventeenth thousand 519 pages including index plus i to ix preface. Beautiful /leather binding with raised bands to spine. Gilded lettering, ruled lines and design to spine with the title on a black leather .background. Attractive marbled boards and endpapers. Tan calf leather in good condition - some surface loss to the corner pieces . All page ends also marbled - the pages edges are quite perfect with a noticeable gloss to them.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 677
- Title
- A Naturalist's Voyage
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- london
- Date Published
- 1888
Terms of Sale
The Last Word
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives inaccurately or damaged. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer. Some larger and heavier books will incur extra postage - I will let you know when you order the book.
About the Seller
The Last Word
Biblio member since 2009
Wellington
About The Last Word
Dealer in good quality books. Especially Man Booker Prize winners - signed first editions, vintage childrens\\\' books and important New Zealand books such as those by Janet Frame. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....