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THE KING OF THE BEASTS & Other Creatures.
by SEARLE, Ronald.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Allen Lane, 1980.. FIRST EDITION 1980, oblong 4to, 225 x 235 mm, 9 x 9¼ inches, colour illustrated shiny white boards, colour illustrated endpapers, (30) pages. Coloured half-title, title illustration and 26 full page humorous coloured illustrations of all sorts of animals, mainly wild, each facing a brief funny caption on the opposite page. No inscriptions, tiniest bump at tail of spine, otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, tiny chip at foot of upper hinge, a touch of wrinkling at head of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42601
- Title
- THE KING OF THE BEASTS & Other Creatures.
- Author
- SEARLE, Ronald.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Allen Lane, 1980.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- animals cartoons humour funny drawings Ronald Searle
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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