The Natural History of the Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Auritus Auritus (Lesson))
by Lewis, Harrison F
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Item Price
£47.78£38.23
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About This Item
Ru-Mi-Lou Books, 1929. First edition; cover lightly rubbed/soiled/foxed/unevenly age-toned, front flap has single dot of soiling from black ink and tiny chip at top flap edge (<0.25 inch), front and rear flaps have very minor dampstaining at bottom corner, corners lightly rubbed/bumped, spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped with some minor tiny chips/tears (all <0.25 inch); edges foxed/lightly soiled; inside covers age-toned/lightly foxed, title page has some light pencil erasures, two pages of front matter have tiny chips at top edge (<~0.25 inch), page 27 has small chip/tear at top corner (<0.5x0.5 inch) and small tear at fore-edge (<0.5 inch), text block very faintly age toned throughout with very faint minor dampstain at bottom page corners (<2.5x2.5 inch patch); binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted.. First Edition.. paperback. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 620619
- Title
- The Natural History of the Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Auritus Auritus (Lesson))
- Author
- Lewis, Harrison F
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ru-Mi-Lou Books
- Date Published
- 1929
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Munster & Company, LLC
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Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
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