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Dog Life. Narratives Exhibiting Instinct, Intelligence, Fidelity, Sympathy, Attachment, and Sorrow
by LANDSEER, Sir Edwin (illus.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 246, [2] p. 21 cm. Frontispiece and 15 other illustrations. Blue cloth with gold and black impressing. From our As Is shelf. Corners worn. Spine darkened with tears in ends, holes in rear hinge. Some rubbing, stains and discolouration to rear board. Front board and spine separating from text block and rear hinge is also cracking. Label residue on front pastdown. Blind stamp on front free endpaper. Some thumbing to pages, esp. list of illustrations.
Topics include dogs' intelligence, instinct, education, service, etc. Rear section of doggy poetry.
Topics include dogs' intelligence, instinct, education, service, etc. Rear section of doggy poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144752
- Title
- Dog Life. Narratives Exhibiting Instinct, Intelligence, Fidelity, Sympathy, Attachment, and Sorrow
- Author
- LANDSEER, Sir Edwin (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Jackson and Halliday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Dogs,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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