Philadelphia: R. Wright, 1825. Hardcover. Fair. A new edition, with corrections and additions. Vol. 5 only. Octavo. Illustrated with engraved plates. Bound in contemporary mottled calf or sheep, gilt spine with red leather spine label, edges sprinkled red. Overall wear to the boards and spine back, front board is nearly detached, scattered foxing and toning, two plates depicting butterflies have been partly hand-colored (crudely), fair only, with a few plates in good condition.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 244011
Title: A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 5
Author: GOLDSMITH, Oliver
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: R. Wright
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1825
Keywords: Nature, Science
Bookseller catalogs: Natural History;

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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...
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....
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...