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The Land's End. A Naturalist's Impressions in West Cornwall. With Forty-Nine Illustrations by A.L. Collins.
by Hudson (William Henry)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1908. First edition. . Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover ruled in gilt with a central gilt design of a mermaid. Frontispiece and seven inserted plates, and many illustrations within the text. 323pp. Two leaves of ads at the rear. Bookplate on the front end paper, light foxing to early and final leaves; a very bright, clean and attractive copy. Payne A26a.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57140
- Title
- The Land's End. A Naturalist's Impressions in West Cornwall. With Forty-Nine Illustrations by A.L. Collins.
- Author
- Hudson (William Henry)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hutchinson, 1908. First edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Litold;
Terms of Sale
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Prices are in US Dollars. Books are guaranteed to be as described. Books may be returned within a reasonable length of time. Paypal Payments are made to: bill@rainbownorth.com
About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
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