An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology (based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, The Bibliotheca Osleriana and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal)
by Wood, Casey (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Oxford Univ Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Unversity library withdrawl in blue cloth with wear to lower front corner tip; contents bright and unmarked; front hinge just slightly shaken on the verso of the dodo bird frontispiece. 643 pages Publisher's 2 page review slip tacked to ffep. .
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- Bookseller
- B-Line Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48556
- Title
- An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology (based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, The Bibliotheca Osleriana and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal)
- Author
- Wood, Casey (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Technology;
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Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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