The Common Objects of the Sea Shore; inlcuding Hints for an Aquarium
by Wood, J.G
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: G. Routledge & Co., 1857. [viii], 204, 12 col plates, text figs. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, some wear to front joint and head/foot of spine (some loss). Boards lightly marked/spotted. Old water mark/stain to plates, some foxing. Armorial book-plate of Robert Charles Hanam. two tone cloth, slightly rubbed/soiled. One section untidily opened with marginal tears, slight loss to blank margin of one page. Owners' signature to title page and endpaper.. First edition. Colour plates by [G.B.] Sowerby (numberd A-F, H, J-N - complete).Freeman 4090 (with incorrect pagination).
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S43225
- Title
- The Common Objects of the Sea Shore; inlcuding Hints for an Aquarium
- Author
- Wood, J.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Routledge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Algae; Britain; Corals; Anthozoa; Marine Invertebrates; Crustacea; Marine Biology; Natural History
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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