Fossils
by Swinnerton, H. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some slight bruising to upper edges of boards. No tears to dust wrapper. Some light foxing to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiv, 274 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 218 x 148mm. "You can find fossils practically everywhere in the British Isles, and Britain's geological structure is so richly varies that in our beaches, cliffs, rocks and mud-flats are creatures and organisms of all ages, from pre-Cambrian times of 500 million years ago down to the present day" - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series. ; Series title: The New Naturalist No. 42; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15544
- Title
- Fossils
- Author
- Swinnerton, H. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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