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The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History
by Bondeson, Jan
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801436095
- ISBN 13
- 9780801436093
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, amber cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 315 pages. Bibliographical essay. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, engravings, woodblocks and photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Dust-jacket protected by new Brodart cover. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020923
- Title
- The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History
- Author
- Bondeson, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801436095
- ISBN 13
- 9780801436093
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Natural History--Myths & Hoaxes
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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