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Hardcover. Third Edition. Small Quarto, xiv, [2], 518, [2], ii, 3-12, [8] pages, plus frontispiece and twenty-one plates. In Good condition. Bound in leather with black label bearing gilt titling and gilt fillets to spine. Spine has heavy chipping and scuffing throughout and some stains to label. Boards have splitting to lower ends of joints, bumping to fore corners, shelfwear to edges, and rubbing and scuffing throughout. Text block has dust soiling and scuffing to edges, creasing to corners throughout, splitting to hinges, label to front pastedown, pen and penciling to front free endpaper, reduction to fore margins of pages 333-336 (text unaffected), and toning and foxing throughout. Shelved in Room A octavo overflow. 1416136. Special Collections - Upstairs. …

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good binding. Third Edition. A textbook on Chemistry for use by students of the University of Pennsylvania, written by a university professor, Robert Hare, who also provided his name to the Robert Hare Medical and Dental Library (1878-1969). Numerous plates and text illustrations, depicting the curious chemical instruments and experiments of the day. Toning to the endpapers; contemporary owner's name on the front flyleaf; foxing throughout. Overly mottled calf, with some surface loss to the leather, and a black leather label on the spine. Very Good binding.…