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Glamorgan County History: Vol. I. Natural History together with "A Preliminary Prospectus of the Glamorgan County History Volume I. Natural History
by Tattersall, W. M. (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition, First Impression. Printed and Published for the Committee by William Lewis (Publishers) Limited. Cardiff. 1936. Large octavo, (near 4to in size) 31cm x 21cm. Printed in Caslon Old Face on colombier art paper. Title page in red and black. xix, 444pp. 4 folding coloured maps. 39 plates. 27 text figures. Includes the subscribers' list. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine and upper board, faded to spine and some mottling to boards. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Occasional spotting, light foxing to prelims.
A General Survey of Glamorgan by A. E. Trueman; The Geological History of Glamorgan by A. Hubert Cox & A. E. Trueman; The Climate and Meteorology of Glamorgan by S. W. Rider; The Soils of Glamorgan by G. W. Robinson and D. O. Hughes; The Botany of Glamorgan by R. C. McLean et al; Zoology of Glamorgan by Colin Matheson et al.
Including "A Preliminary Prospectus of the Glamorgan County History. Volume I. Natural History". Quarto. 31cm x 21cm. 4pp. Printed in red and black. Historiated initial in red. Light foxing. Lower edge slightly chipped.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio779
- Title
- Glamorgan County History
- Author
- Tattersall, W. M. (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed and published for the Committee by William Lewis (Printers) Limited
- Place of Publication
- Cardiff
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Geology, Climate, Meteorology, Soils, Botany, Zoology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural HIstory; Welsh;
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Biblio member since 2016
Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
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