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A History of British Fossil Reptiles: Volume I [Signed by Richard Owen]
by Richard Owen
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell & Company Ltd, 1884. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1884. First Edition. 657 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume I only. Limited edition to 170 copies, of which this is copy 71. Flat signed by the author, Richard Owen. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to front hinge causing board to come away from text block. Rear hinge is slightly cracked, exposing netting. Binding throughout remains firm. Rough-cut pages have mild tanning with faint dust marks. Slightly more pronounced tanning to edges and endpapers. Minor chipping and tearing to edges, as expected. Thumb-marking to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable splits to spine ends with loss to edges. Minor fraying to corners. Faint rubbed marks and scratches to both boards.
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- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A History of British Fossil Reptiles: Volume I [Signed by Richard Owen]
- Author
- Richard Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Ltd
- Date Published
- 1884
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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