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The Chemical History of a Candle: A Course Of Lectures Delivered Before A Juvenile Audience At The Royal Institution
by Michael Faraday
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, Circa 1876. Hardcover. Good.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The greatest series, arguably, of Michael Faraday's Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution. Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge. 12 mo. Numerous black and white illustrations. Red cloth pictorial boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Pages are rough cut. Spine age darkened and the shoulders are corn. Edges are rubbed. Front hinge cracked between the front cover and end paper. 1876
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5213
- Title
- The Chemical History of a Candle: A Course Of Lectures Delivered Before A Juvenile Audience At The Royal Institution
- Author
- Michael Faraday
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1876
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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