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Sanctuary
by Stokes, C. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Cape Town: The Sanctuary Production Committee, 1946 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to. viii, 474 pp. with a Forward by Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Greece, a message from Field Marshal J. C. Smuts, appreciations by Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess George of Greece and Denmark, an introduction by P.N. Barrett, Esq., and prefaces by James Stevenson-Hamilton, founder of the Kruger National Park with numerous photographs, some in colour, occasional line drawings, and a map. Reprinted January, 1946. Mylar Protected. Inked name on ffep. Rear free endpaper damaged. A slight ding to bottom front fore-edge corner with only the slightest wear to spine edges and fore-edge tips, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with an embossed gilt coat of arms of Union of South Africa on the front board and spine, an embossed gilt profile of impala on front board, and gilt lettering on spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003422
- Title
- Sanctuary
- Author
- Stokes, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Sanctuary Production Committee
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- PLANTS & ANIMALS NATURAL HISTORY KRUGER NATIONAL PARK WILD LIFE PRESERVES
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS;
- Size
- 4to
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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