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Gilbert White in His Village
by Emden, Cecil S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London, New York, & Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1956. A "character-sketch" of the famed English naturalist. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Black cloth binding; turquoise spine label with lettering in gilt. Clean text; xv, 139 pages, with Index. The dustwrapper is unclipped; Fine condition; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Lynton Lamb.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002949
- Title
- Gilbert White in His Village
- Author
- Emden, Cecil S
- Illustrator
- Lynton Lamb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, & Toronto
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- New
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- Gilt
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- Spine Label
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- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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