The Story of the Island
by Mee, Arthur
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Uniform Edition.. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Uniform Edition. Near FIne/Very Good+. Clean green cloth boards with black stamped lettering on spine, black line border on cover. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small inscription (1936) on first page. 160 pgs. with lovely illustrations, each with a printed tissue guard. Clean bright DUSTJACKET has small price clip, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A beautiful, collectible quality book and dustjacket. 8vo. Great Britain..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010583
- Title
- The Story of the Island
- Author
- Mee, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Uniform Edition.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- ARTHUR MEE'S GIFT BOOKS ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY NATURE GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Natural HIstory;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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