Columbo: H.R. Cottle, 1921.. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 581, (1) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, publisher's notice tipped in at the title page and two errata slips at p. 1. Frontispiece portrait of the author's father, a folding table, folding colour map and 98 illustrations in the text. Wear to the extremities with slight loss at the corners, else very good.

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Bookseller: Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26332
Title: Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon
Author: WALL, Frank
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbo: H.R. Cottle
Date Published: 1921.
Keywords: Natural History NATURAL HISTORY Snakes Ceylon / Sri Lanka

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tipped In: Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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....
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...
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...
Errata: Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...