British Sea Birds
by Dixon, Charles:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
8vo. Pp. 295. Gilt ilustrated cloth, a litle scuffed, mark on back. Tipped-on balck & white plate on top board. With a frontispiece and 8 monochrome plates by Charles Whymper. Bookplate of Peter Tate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Isabelline Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710
- Title
- British Sea Birds
- Author
- Dixon, Charles:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bliss, 1896
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Isabelline Books
Biblio member since 2011
Penryn, Cornwall
About Isabelline Books
I specialize in books on ornithology with some other Natural History. Two catalogues on ornithology are published annually.
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- Plate
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