Galapagos: World's End
by Beebe, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1924. First Edition, third Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 10 1/2" X 7 3/4. Isabel Cooper ,John Tee-Van. June, 1924. Introduction, "In the Wake of Darwin" by Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the New York Zoological Society, dated December 24th, 1923. Preface by Beebee. 82 b/w illustrations, 8 coloured plates (24 coloured illustrations). Tissue protected frontis: Giant Land Iguana (Natural Size). Illustrated ep's. Book features gilt text on spine and front. Spine is sunned, bottom 3 1/2" of rear board is water damaged, text block is unaffected, spine ends rubbed with fraying. 429 pp. plus: Appendix A - Text Identifications, Appendix B - Bibliography of the More Important Publications Relating to the Galapagos Archipelago, Index. Digital pictures available on request. Book weighs 1.7 kilograms and may require extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 100989
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000989
- Title
- Galapagos: World's End
- Author
- Beebe, William
- Illustrator
- Isabel Cooper ,John Tee-Van
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, third Printing 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 10 1/2" X 7 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- G
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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