British Beetles: An Introduction to the Study of our Indigenous Coleoptera.
by Rye, E.C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Entomology Monographs . 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve. 1890. pp.xii, 280 with 16 plates of beautifully hand-coloured illustrations. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep neatly removed. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to end-papers o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt beetle motif on front cover in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66163
- Title
- British Beetles: An Introduction to the Study of our Indigenous Coleoptera.
- Author
- Rye, E.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve. 1890
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Entomology Monographs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C.Arden Bookseller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- PUB
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- VG
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...