THE POLAR AND TROPICAL WORLDS: A DESCRIPTION OF MAN AND NATURE IN THE POLAR AND EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF THE GLOBE - TWO VOLUMES IN ONE
by Hartwig, Dr. G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Springfield MA: C.A. Nichols & Co., 1874. 811 pages. Lovely dedication page with stunning full page illustration. Frontispiece illustrated with b/w plate. total of 200 illustrations in book, true to nature, designs by artists of the regions. Pages good condition. Brown endpapers show some wear, lighly soiled. Front endpapers worn and torn at spine. Brown leather with detailed embossed illustration on both covers. Gilt illustration and title on spine. Lower cover lighly chipped, boards worn. Spine worn and rubbed with head of spine worn away. Edges and corners worn. Corners frayed. Contents VG, overall GOOD. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040360
- Title
- THE POLAR AND TROPICAL WORLDS: A DESCRIPTION OF MAN AND NATURE IN THE POLAR AND EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF THE GLOBE - TWO VOLUMES IN ONE
- Author
- Hartwig, Dr. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- C.A. Nichols & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Springfield MA
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Arctic, natural History, Exploration,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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