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A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa
by Jean Dorst and Pierre Dandelot
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 000212078X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002120784
- Seller
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Ryde, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. with 44 colour plates. Loosely bound, blue cloth boards. Some wear on the edges of the binding. Cracked spine hinges with tape marks on back end paper and liquid marks on closed page edges and first few pages. Gift inscription on front end paper. Tape marks, fluid spotting, crease, scuffing with paper loss on jacket which is in very poor condition. Reading copy only.
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- Bookseller
- Ryde Bookshop Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059733
- Title
- A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa
- Author
- Jean Dorst and Pierre Dandelot
- Illustrator
- with 44 colour plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 000212078X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002120784
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 287
- Keywords
- Zoology
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Ryde Bookshop Limited
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ryde Bookshop Limited
Biblio member since 2021
Ryde, Isle of Wight
About Ryde Bookshop Limited
Traditional bookshop, established since 1988, open from 9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week including bank holidays, over 100,000 books in ten rooms.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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