For Science and National Glory: The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866
by Miller, Robert Ryal
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket/Good
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket/Good. Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's name at the front free endpaper; binding square and tight, full cloth hard cover shows some specking at the left front and spotting on the rear as well as mild softening and rubbing at the spine ends, otherwise clean and well-kept. Jacket has chipping at spine ends and corners, short, closed edge tears, handling prints at the spine and some specking and toning in the light-colored areas, otherwise sound. 194pp. w/ index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063848
- Title
- For Science and National Glory: The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866
- Author
- Miller, Robert Ryal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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Iowa City, Iowa
About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...