Mathematical and Physical Papers - Volumes 1, 2 and 3
by Sir William Thomson - Lordr Kelvin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1882. Three volumes, 1882, 1884 and 1890. Uniformly bound in full maroon calf, by Spottiswoode & Co. with raised bands on the spines, gilt letterd labels bearing title, and author and volume numbers, with gilt decorated partitions.double gilt ruled borders to the boards, with the crest of Eton College in the centre. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Volume one : 1882. first Edition. xiii, 558 pages; folding plates. Volume two : 1884 first edition, xi, 407 pages; plates. Volume three : 1890 first edition. ix, 1 leaf, errata slip, 529 pages. All three volumes are in very good condition. Only with minor rubs to the leather here and there, the bindings are all very sound and solid, inside all complete and in good order throughout. Pages all very clean and unmarked with no foxing and no marking, no annotations or other signs of ownership. The volumes each measure 6 X 8.75 inches. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jacques Gander (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008183
- Title
- Mathematical and Physical Papers - Volumes 1, 2 and 3
- Author
- Sir William Thomson - Lordr Kelvin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge at the University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1882
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jacques Gander
Biblio member since 2004
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire
About Jacques Gander
Out of print, rare and used books. Internet and mail order.
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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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...