British Game [The New Naturalist 2. A Survey of British Natural History]
by Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1946 VG+/VG. 8vo. original green buckram gilt (prize bookplate, Stationer's Company School crest in gilt to upper board, exposed edges slightly sunned) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed and frayed, with trifling wear at corners, two discreet closed tears); pp. xvi (last blank), 240, with 24 colour plates & 48 b/w plates. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016056
- Title
- British Game [The New Naturalist 2. A Survey of British Natural History]
- Author
- Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- New Naturalists
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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