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A Concise Guide in Colour : Shells of Britain and Europe
by Lellak, Jan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0600380203
- ISBN 13
- 9780600380207
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamlyn, 1975. 1st Edition. Laminated Hard Boards. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cepicka, Alena. 235pp. A super copy of this first ediiton ( 1975) in wrapper ( white spine). The text is supported by numerous colour illustrations of the various species. Slight bumps to the corners at the tail of the spine and slight shelf wear to the laminated board. Fresh, clean and tight. Dust wrapper is price clipped with a slight chip to the tail of the front panel and a couple of short tears from the tail of the wrapper with no loss. A litttle shelf wear. A very good plus copy in a very good wrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227341
- Title
- A Concise Guide in Colour : Shells of Britain and Europe
- Author
- Lellak, Jan
- Illustrator
- Cepicka, Alena
- Format/Binding
- Laminated Hard Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0600380203
- ISBN 13
- 9780600380207
- Publisher
- Hamlyn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- X weight
- 28 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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