Primitiae Florae Sarnicae or an Outline of the Flora of the Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark [A.J. Wilmott's copy]
by Babington, Charles C
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman & Co, 1839. Small slim octavo, pp 132, age-toned, some foxing throughout, a neat contemporary signature on the title page, original cloth-backed boards, rather marked and worn, edges chipped, the spine lacking several pieces, but all still sound. RARE. [An excellent provenance - the front endpaper has the signature and blind-stamp of the ping-pong playing botanist A.J. Wilmott, and the later signature of John Gilmour.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014831
- Title
- Primitiae Florae Sarnicae or an Outline of the Flora of the Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark [A.J. Wilmott's copy]
- Author
- Babington, Charles C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras;
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