Episodes of Insect Life, First Series (January-April)
de Budgen, L.M. (Acheta Domestica)
- Usado
- fair
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fair/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849. Book. Fair. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NB: Page xvii of the contents and page 1-2 of the text missing. Navy blue cloth covers with ornate gilt decoration to front and rear covers depicting a cricket (acheta domestica) telling stories to listening insects. All edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Condition: Fair, spine has been rebacked (not recently), and has remains of a handwritten paper label with titles. Covers are generally faded and shelfworn. Binding cracked internally at the section where the preface begins, otherwise binding sound. No inscriptions. Occasional light foxing and soiling to text. 320pp. plus publishers list. Hand-coloured frontispiece and beautiful handcoloured illustrated vignettes to beginning of each chapter. Good reading/reference copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Librería
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002931
- Título
- Episodes of Insect Life, First Series (January-April)
- Autor
- Budgen, L.M. (Acheta Domestica)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fair
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Editorial
- Reeve, Benham and Reeve
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1849
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Natural History;
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Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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Sturminster Newton
Sobre Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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,...
