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Handbook of British Hepaticae Containing Descriptions and Figures of the Indigenous Species of Marchantia, Jungermannia, Riccia and Anthoceros
by M.C. Cooke
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. H. Allen & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1894. No Edition Remarks. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Notable marginalia and annotations to pages. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. White marking to front board edge.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1639122240MHP
- Title
- Handbook of British Hepaticae Containing Descriptions and Figures of the Indigenous Species of Marchantia, Jungermannia, Riccia and Anthoceros
- Author
- M.C. Cooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen & Co.
- Date Published
- 1894
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- 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....
- Acceptable
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- Marginalia
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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