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The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports with Illustrations
by STEWART, Gail, (edited by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Barre, Massachusetts.Imprint Society. 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 29cm, 130p., No.1526 of a limited edition of 1950 copies, 3 facsimile title-pages with vignettes, 56 plates (12 in colour), quarter green linen backed illustrated boards, in slip-casewith printed label, spine lightly sunned, (stamping clear), else both are very good to fine (spg) ~ An abridged text reprint of the original three volumes published 1830 to 1834. Illustrations by Charles Wilson Peale and Thomas Doughty. With an Introduction giving a history and significance of the book by Wilson G. Duprey.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35811
- Title
- The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports with Illustrations
- Author
- STEWART, Gail, (edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Barre, Massachusetts.Imprint Society. 1973
- Keywords
- AMERICAN NATURALHISTORY SPORTS ORNITHOLOGY ILLUSTRATED PEALE DOUGHTY IMPRINT SOCIETYLIMITED EDITION
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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- Facsimile
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Fine
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- G
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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