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Galapagos. World's End
by Beebe, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Published Under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Author's Autograph Edition printed on French handmade paper and limited to 100 copies. However, this copy is lettered "G" instead of numbered, signed by William Beebe. 4to. Pp. xxi, 443. Colour frontispiece + 9 colour plates (includes one double-page) containing 24 coloured illustrations by Isabel Cooper, 1 sepia-coloured photo portrait, 83 black & white photographs mostly by John Tee-Van (includes 5 maps). Original white cloth with vellum tips, gilt titles to cover and spine, top edge gilt other deckled, illustrated endpapers, preserved in a gilt-stamped, grey oil-cloth dust wrapper. Dust jacket has a few finger smudges and tiny tear at heal of spine, else very near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6727
- Title
- Galapagos. World's End
- Author
- Beebe, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons. Published Under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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