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GEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS; Comprising a Familiar Explanation of Geology, and its Associate Sciences, Mineralogy, Physical Geology, Fossil Conchology, Fossil Botany, and Palæontology. Including Directions for Forming Collections and Generally Cultivating the Science, with a Succinct Account of the Several Geological Formations.
by Richardson, G.F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Second edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xx, 624 pages of text including a glossary and an index. Original cloth binding with minor sunning to the spine and minor rubbing to the extremities. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and 261 in-text illustrations. Previous owners' name neatly on the front endpaper: John Cabbell Muirbank 1847. Pencil notations on the inside front cover. Minor foxing to a scattered minority of page edges, with the text remaining for the most part bright and clean. Second edition. Measures 7 5/8" x 4 7/16 (193mm x 111mm)..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019809
- Title
- GEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS; Comprising a Familiar Explanation of Geology, and its Associate Sciences, Mineralogy, Physical Geology, Fossil Conchology, Fossil Botany, and Palæontology. Including Directions for Forming Collections and Generally Cultivating the Science, with a Succinct Account of the Several Geological Formations.
- Author
- Richardson, G.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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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