A History of British Quadrupeds Including The Cetacea
by Bell,Thomas
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Van Voorst. This is a Good Only Copy of this book in original publisher's cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.There is a small chip to cloth of approx 8-10mm to head of spine.The book has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with just a little stitching showing through to the front and rear gutter hinge joins.Complete with nearly 200 marvellous woodcuts as called for.The internal text block is pretty clean internally with just a little dartkening to the page edges and one ink mark to the final endpaper and edge of rear pastedown,but not significant.Decent copy for the collector 8vo (xviii) 526pp Plus ads at rear dated 1845,copyright page states 1837. . Good. Hardcover. 1837.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67676
- Title
- A History of British Quadrupeds Including The Cetacea
- Author
- Bell,Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo - over 5¾" - 7&f
- Keywords
- Entomology Quadrupeds
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY;
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
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