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Fauna and Flora of the Ilfracombe District of North Devon
by Mervyn G. Palmer (ed.); F. S. Wallis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Exeter: James Townsend and Sons, Ltd. , 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Various. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of the natural wildlife in the Ilfracombe District of North Devon, edited by Mervyn G. Palmer, the curator of the Ilfracombe Museum. With a foreword by Dr. F. S. Wallis, the director of the City Museum, Bristol. Collated, complete a seven black and white photographic plates, a black and white photographic frontispiece plate, and a folding map of the district to the rear of the text. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Very small section of loss to paper to front board. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. The odd light spot to fore edge of the occasional, page, only visible to textblock. Ink spot to page iii, not affecting text. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 633M39
- Title
- Fauna and Flora of the Ilfracombe District of North Devon
- Author
- Mervyn G. Palmer (ed.); F. S. Wallis
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Townsend and Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Exeter
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Palmer Wallis Illustrated Gardening Wallis Fauna First Edition
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fore Edge
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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