CRUISE OF THE BETSEY: Or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides--With Rambles of a Geologist; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
by Miller, Hugh
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston/New York/Cincinnati: Gould and Lincoln/Sheldon and Company/Geo. S. Blanchard, 1871. 524+pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding soiled and rubbed. Spine sunned. Corners bumped. Ex-library w/ usual markings. . Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20398NH
- Title
- CRUISE OF THE BETSEY: Or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides--With Rambles of a Geologist; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
- Author
- Miller, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Gould and Lincoln/Sheldon and Company/Geo. S. Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Boston/New York/Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS HEBRIDES SCOTLAND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIST WORLD HISTORY NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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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