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Physical Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1890
by F. Max Muller
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Stated. 410 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Small area of loss to top of title page. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Name plate to front paste down. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to title page. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712068211BLG
- Title
- Physical Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1890
- Author
- F. Max Muller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Date Published
- 1891
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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...
- 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,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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