The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton.
by Rev Gilbert White, edited by James Edmund Harting:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bickers and son, 1880. Third edition thus (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xxiii, 568pp. Folding facsimile (extracts from White's journal), text illustrations. Full brown calf, marbled endpapers and page edges. Lacks the title labels from the spine, boards rather rubbed, light foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66441
- Title
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton.
- Author
- Rev Gilbert White, edited by James Edmund Harting:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Bickers and son, 1880.
Terms of Sale
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Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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