Book Details
Title: South America Called Them; Explorations of the Great Naturalists
Author: Victor W. Von Hagen
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: The Scientific Book Club
Year: 1949
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 401
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is some shelf wear to edges/ends/corners, with rubbing, creasing and tears to edges. There is marking/scuffing. there is a section of print removed from the rear corner where it looks as though a sticker has been peeled away.
The hardcover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. Bumping to corners and crushing of the spine ends. Discolouration in places. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are tanned and show foxing.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is tanned and foxed.
The pages are intact apart from a rectangle removed from the top right corner of the front-end page. Tanning and foxing intermittently throughout.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
A volume from The Scientific Book Club which outlines the explorations of great naturalists to South America.
The explorers included are -
Charles Marie de la Condamine
Alexander von Humboldt
Charles Darwin
Richard Spruce
Book Details
Title: South America Called Them; Explorations of the Great Naturalists
Author: Victor W. Von Hagen
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: The Scientific Book Club
Year: 1949
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 401
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is some shelf wear to edges/ends/corners, with rubbing, creasing and tears to edges. There is marking/scuffing. there is a section of print removed from the rear corner where it looks as though a sticker has been peeled away.
The hardcover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. Bumping to corners and crushing of the spine ends. Discolouration in places. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are tanned and show foxing.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is tanned and foxed.
The pages are intact apart from a rectangle removed from the top right corner of the front-end page. Tanning and foxing intermittently throughout.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
A volume from The Scientific Book Club which outlines the explorations of great naturalists to South America.
The explorers included are -
Charles Marie de la Condamine
Alexander von Humboldt
Charles Darwin
Richard Spruce
