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The Ocean
by Gosse, Philip Henry
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1845. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 1845. 1st Edition.8vo, ppxii + 360 with woodcuts throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Green cloth binding with blind stamped boards and gilt lettering in poor condition with splits side of spine leaving front board a little loose but still mostly attached, spine faded with rubbing and bumping to boards and edges. Inside previous owners inscriptions to front paste down and FFE papers, all pages in good clean condition although spine cracked in several places.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000384
- Title
- The Ocean
- Author
- Gosse, Philip Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- natural history
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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