The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
by Sir John Lubbock
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Publisher's dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Minor edgewear, scuffing and soil; lightly bumped spine ends. Top edge bright gilt, barely rubbed. Binding starting to crack near center, otherwise sound. Text clean. Interior lightly toned. B/w illustrations. Prev owner name to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 429 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003094
- Title
- The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
- Author
- Sir John Lubbock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Albion 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
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...