Some wear to extremities and leather and paper covered boards, a stain to front page edges of volume 1 ; A tight solid books, hinges and boards intact. Marbled paper over 3/4 leather binding with matching marbled endpapers. Five raised bands on spine with red title box and gilt titles on each book. No dust jacket as issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Volume 1 is 875 pages of text and the slender volume 2 is unpaginated but contains 48 plates (some coloured, some B&W) with full page descriptions on facing page, printing on one side only of each page. Seller Inventory # 15930

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Micrographic Dictionary - A Guide to the...

Publisher: John van Voorst, London

Publication Date: 1875

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated by B&W and Color Plates

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: Third Edition.

Store Description

Ainsworth Books is a home-based business, formerly a storefront operation. At present we have only 3/4 of our stock listed with more being entered daily. E-mail us at ainsworthbooks@gmail.com if there is a book you are looking for and don't see it listed. We are Wayne and Betty Kilner. Wayne, now retired from his full-time job, helps out by doing data entry in his off hours. Longtime member of IOBA Independent On-line Booksellers Association.

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Ainsworth Books ( IOBA)
BC, Canada

Terms of Sale:

CWO (libraries billed) checks, money orders, and PayPal accepted. Etransfer within Canada. Prices in US funds. Will hold. Books returnable with permission. All dustjackets enclosed in Mylar. Contact us at 604-818-7014 or ainsworthbooks@gmail.com

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Please note that the International shipping rate is for books 2 lbs or more fully packaged. If your book weighs less I will mail 1st Class (air mail) and reduce the S&H to the current 1st Class rate.
To our US customers, Please note shipments to the US usually arrive in 7-10 days, not a guarantee but an observation. Please note that due to Canadian travel restrictions, we are no longer able to cross the border to drop our parcels off at the US Post Office. We are temporarily raising our shipping rates to the US. When the travel restrictions are lifted, the cost will return to normal.

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