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LAND AND SEA
by Gosse, Philip Henry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1879. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. Pp. ix, 421 + 10 adverts.b/w illustrations within. Original red pebbled cloth binding with lettering to spine and gilt vignette to the front board, blind stamped decoration. Binding showing signes of general wear, top and bottom of spine frayed, corners bumped, cloth a little marked. Contents good and tight, original end papers, paper torn and repaired to the hinges. A little light scattered foxing to first few pages, the name Michell 1880 to the top of the title page. A good new edition copy. Contains several papers, such as Lundy Island, Highwater Mark, Goby Hunting, Dartmoor and the Dart, a Day in the Woods of Jamaica; all to be read in isolation..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031450
- Title
- LAND AND SEA
- Author
- Gosse, Philip Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Lundy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History - General; Natural History Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
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