THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.
by Jardine, Sir William [Hamilton, Robert]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1839. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo (11 x 17.0cm). Vol. VIII of the Mammalia frontispiece (Peron), vignette title page, and 30 plates of which 27 are hand-coloured and bound into the back. Binding very good with some fading tot he spine. Contents clean and tight, origianl green endpapers, plates clean, no inscriptions, private bookplate to the front pastedown belonging to John Spedding, along with a private plate from the library of Leonard Cowcill. A very good to near fine copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036454
- Title
- THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.
- Author
- Jardine, Sir William [Hamilton, Robert]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 12mo (11 x 17.0cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History - General; Illustrated; Mammals;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...