Homes Without Hands (Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to their Principle of Construction)
by Wood, J G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- , very slight rubbing to edges of covers, some foxing to upper and lower blanks, very good condition
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
, xix, 632 pages, 21 tissue-guarded engraved plates with titles (including frontispiece), numerious engravings in text throughout, Haileybury College bookplate "J M Bonham Carter" 1900 to upper pastedown, handsome volume
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66643
- Title
- Homes Without Hands (Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to their Principle of Construction)
- Author
- Wood, J G
- Illustrator
- Engravings by G Pearson
- Format/Binding
- , full red calf, gilt rules to covers, central decorative gilt emblem to upper board, gilt corner decorations to boards, raised
- Book Condition
- Used - , very slight rubbing to edges of covers, some foxing to upper and lower blanks, very good condition
- Edition
- New Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- , 1898
- Keywords
- Wood, J G, Homes Without Hands (Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to their Principle of Construction), J M Bonham Carter 1900
- Size
- octavo, 21.5 x 14.5 cms
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Keogh's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About Keogh's Books
Keogh\'s books has been going for nineteen years now, but the shop in Nailsworth is just a year old. There is also a thriving market stall in Stroud on most Saturdays, and our website.
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