A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History
by Swainson, W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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IVER, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Green, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown,, 1834. viii, 462, Additional engraved title, with vignette. sm. 8vo. HB. Small 8vo, cont. half calf, rubbed, some wear to extremities, raised bands to spine, leather title pieces, chipped; marbled edges and endpapers. Some browning/light staining to endpapers. Good.. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S53860
- Title
- A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History
- Author
- Swainson, W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown,
- Place of Publication
- Green, London
- Date Published
- 1834
- Keywords
- Natural History
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About Pemberley Natural History Books
Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...