ANIMAL FAKES & FRAUDS
by Dance, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0562000453
- ISBN 13
- 9780562000458
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Sampson Low, (c. 1976). hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small quarto (approx. 7 4/8" wide and 9 7/8" tall) dark blue covers with gilt spine titles. 128 pages. Includes many illustrations, both in black and white and color, of creatures such as the jenny haniver or basilisk, the fur bearing trout, mermaids, the hydra, the jackalope, and many others. Includes references, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 020922A
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019681
- Title
- ANIMAL FAKES & FRAUDS
- Author
- Dance, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0562000453
- ISBN 13
- 9780562000458
- Publisher
- Sampson Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (c. 1976)
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Quarto
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