Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects
by J. E. Taylor [editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1896. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A very smart new edition of this beginner's guide on the conservation of natural history objects. New edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with in-text images and diagrams. Intended as a beginner's guide to the conservation of natural history, including geological specimens, bones, eggs, beetles, shells, plants, and seaweeds. Edited by J. E. Taylor, with contributions from E. F. Elwin, Professor Ralph Tate, J. Britten, Professor Buckman, Dr. Braithwaite, Worthington G. Smith, Reverend J. Crombie, T. Southwell, Dr. Knaggs, E. C. Rye, and J. B. Bridgman. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903T24
- Title
- Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects
- Author
- J. E. Taylor [editor]
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gibbings & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Notes Collecting Preserving Natural History Collecting
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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