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Principles of Physical Geology
by Arthur Holmes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Reprint. 532 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic frontispiece with black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Prize plate to front free endpaper. Light tanning to pages; heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Light cracking to gutters but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has moderate tanning with light fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1667510793DPB
- Title
- Principles of Physical Geology
- Author
- Arthur Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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