The Dragonflies of the British Isles [David McClintock's copy]
by Longfield, Cynthia
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1937. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 220, very clean internally, green cloth, very slightly worn, the spine slightly faded. [From the library of the botanist David McClintock, with his signature on the front endpaper, his bookplate opposite the half-title and several extra ilustrations slipped in.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018998
- Title
- The Dragonflies of the British Isles [David McClintock's copy]
- Author
- Longfield, Cynthia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- odonata.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entomology;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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