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Natural History
by MILES, Alfred H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1895). First Edition. 8vo. 385 pages, Index. 20 chromolithograph plates - many with 2 images per plate, several with multiple images, usually birds and fish. Original green cloth, edges partly worn, lightly soiled. Both hinges cracked and unstable, text and illustrations largely in very good condition, few smudges, page creased.; 20 color plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 385 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3612
- Title
- Natural History
- Author
- MILES, Alfred H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Color Plates, Natural History, Birds, Fishing
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- Plate
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- Cracked
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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