The Variation Of Animals & Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes. With Illustrations.
by DARWIN,CHARLES:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray , London. 1905 Popular edition. 2 volumes. Light green original cloth. Approx 7.75 x 5.5 inches. With darker green bordering front and rear and gilt decoration and lettering to spines. In very good condition. Lovely bright set. Minor rubbing to edges & corners. Inside some foxing and handling marks inside. Three private bookplates on both front endpapers. Else generally clean & tight. 566pp. & 605pp. +adverts. With illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94804
- Title
- The Variation Of Animals & Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes. With Illustrations.
- Author
- DARWIN,CHARLES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray , London. 1905 Popular edition
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY DARWIN,CHARLES: The Variation Of Animals & Plants Under Domestication., John Murray , London., 1905, two vols
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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