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No dust jacket (don't believe that there ever was one). Almost like new, feels like it hasn't been opened often.

No dust jacket. A small amount of wear at the base of the spine. Some spotting to the page edges. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Many black and white illustrations and a scattering of color plates as well. Some notes on the front glued endpaper. This book will ship at about two… Read more about this item

Very little wear. Shows minor bumps at the front corners. Spine square and uncreased. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. I imagine that prices could be a bit higher now, 20 years later. I wish I still had my dispensers from the 1960s.

Synonym finder ISBN: 0-87857-244-9. A two book set in a slipcase. Very little wear to books or case. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rather rare set, in great shape. This set will ship at about eight pounds. Therefore it is not available for international ordering without a lot of additional postage. For domestic shipping, excess shipping costs are… Read more about this item

A rather immense book with rather little wear. Thousands of photographs and brief descriptions of little fishies for your aquarium. Some small margin notes near some of the pictures, as seen in photo #4. Third edition. Kind of scarce. Great for weightlifting. This book is too heavy for my little scale but will ship at eight pounds or more.… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Second edition. A follow up of the first volume, published a year before. Dark blue fabric covered boards with gilt print on the front and spine. Front cover shows a few stains, with rather minor wear otherwise. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with just the beginning of a hinge split between the frontispiece and the… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. First edition. Dark green fabric covered boards with gilt print on the front and spine. Wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. Looks as though something was once spilled on the front cover, but it is so dark that any stain is indistinguishable. Many black and white photographs. Brief biographies of many… Read more about this item

A small amount of wear along some of the edges of the dust jacket. The book shows little wear other than the spine is a bit skewed due to its immense size (see photo #6). Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many color illustrations. The second volume, dealing with rare fishes and plants. A fairly… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt print and decoration stamped on the front and spine. Spine is darkened a little. Some mild edgewear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many illustrations. This would be a very good book, other than one problem. The binding has split behind the endpaper, at the half-title page. Not just showing… Read more about this item

The padded leather cover is encased in a homemade plastic bookcover, probably to preserve the leather, which is deteriorating, especially over the spine and at some corners. Gilt print on the front and spine. Gift inscription inside the front cover (1884, to Ida from Arthur). Pages are gilt-edged all around. They are also clean,… Read more about this item

This small dictionary covers terms, people and gods from more than just the Greek and Roman mythology, with Egyptian, Scandinavian and "Hindoo" mythology as well. (The Greek and Roman mythological figures seem to have more complete descritions than the rest.) The fabric front cover is embossed with decoration in black and gilt. More black print on the spine. There is… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. For a book nearly 80 years old, the wear is minimal. Blue cloth cover shows a little rubbing at the corners plus a little on an edge or two. Gilt print on front and spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Owner's name and address on front endpaper, name has been blacked out with a marker. A… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Very little wear to the book or the pages therein. Owner's name on the front endpaper has been blacked out with a black marker; retailer's sticker on the rear endpaper. Otherwise, the pages are tight and unmarked. Cover is almost unblemmished green boards with gilt print on the front and spine. This is a facsimile reprint of… Read more about this item

Very little wear. Spine is square and uncreased, pages are clean, tight, bright and numerous. Fourth edition. Does not appear to be many of these on the market. This book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

No dust jacket. Deep red fabric cover with gilt print on the spine. Very little wear to the cover, with a bit of darkening over the spine. This book does not actually have 1,000 books, just brief synopses. The author/compiler was the Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. Copyright in 1924, this one is dated… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Little wear. Thumb indexes. Over 2200 tissue-thin pages with illustrations, defining all sorts of words, many excellent for Scrabble™. Pages are clean and unmarked. Not too many of these on the market. This book will ship at close to three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear other than at the bottom of the spine on Volume Two (see photo). Almost sixty years old. This set will ship at over ten pounds. A shipping surcharge has been added to the price. This set is not available for international shipment.

The cover has suffered a bit, with a 5.5 cm tear along the lower rear part of the spine, and many other chips and impacts. The pages are all clean and brightly colored. Although there is no staining, the pages do give the impression that they had been exposed to a bit of moisture at some point… Read more about this item

Shelf wear at the edges and corners. Little else other than some staining on the top page ends (maybe visible in photo #2) that does not actually impact the page surfaces, as shown in photo #3. Pages are clean and tight, with no notes or underlining. Color is faded on the spine.

Little wear, mainly at the corners from years on the shelf. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, printed on rather heavy-duty paper. Many illustrations.