Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge B.Sc. F.C.S. Ninth Edition. Revised and Partly Rewritten, With Additions. Containing Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Illustrations. [Ninth Edition Full Leather Prize Binding]

Robert Routledge.

Published by London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1891

About this Item

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1891, Ninth Edition. Full leather prize binding for Victoria School, Geelong, (now Geelong Grammar School Australia), with a prize plate to the front, gilt crest to the front board, gilt titles to a green/blue label and gilt decoration to the spine compartments, five raised bands, marbled end papers and page edges. Provenance: prize plates for Alexander Howatson to the front. Pagination: xiv, [ii], 681pp. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall (21.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to green/blue label, gilt decoration to the compartments, gently rubbed and worn. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition rubbed and worn. Boards good condition marked and worn, gilt crest to the front board. Page edges good condition top edges darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled, bookplate to the front. End papers good condition marbled. Title Page good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned, illustrated throughout. Binding good condition worn but attractive. See photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge B.Sc. F.C.S. Ninth Edition. Revised and Partly Rewritten, With Additions. Containing Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Illustrations. [Ninth Edition Full Leather Prize Binding]
• Publisher: London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited
• Publication Date: 1891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Binding