ANIMAL LIFE OF THE BRITISH ISLES ( Wayside and Woodland ): A pocket Guide to the Mammals, Reptiles and Batrachians of Wayside and Woodland
by Step, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Well illustrated Pocket guide with 111 Plates from Photographs including 48 in Colour by W. J. Stokoe.
Green cloth cover with faux leather texture. Bright Gilt Pine Marten and title on front and lettering on spine.
184 p.pages, 6 1/2" tall.
Slight edge wear. Hinges sound. Binding cracked at page 144 where 1 plate is loose. Previous owner's name on half-title page dated 1923. No other inscriptions.
Green cloth cover with faux leather texture. Bright Gilt Pine Marten and title on front and lettering on spine.
184 p.pages, 6 1/2" tall.
Slight edge wear. Hinges sound. Binding cracked at page 144 where 1 plate is loose. Previous owner's name on half-title page dated 1923. No other inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19260
- Title
- ANIMAL LIFE OF THE BRITISH ISLES ( Wayside and Woodland )
- Author
- Step, Edward
- Illustrator
- Stokoe, W/. J.
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nature/Animals/Mammals/Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Nature;
- Size
- 16mo
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- Gilt
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