SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 2nd. revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1950* Publisher: Penguin, Pelican.* Binding and cover condition: Text illustrated soft card covers in Pelican blue and white livery. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases but slight dish to spine, no damage to hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Owners name in pen to ffep. No annotations, or marks to text, no tanning, edges slightly aged. No other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: One colour & several b/w line drawings and photographs.* Pages: 219 pp. text. xiv pp. index, blank pages and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- A book about eyes of every kind ~ those of insects, fish, birds, mammals and particularly human beings: describing how they are constructed and what way they function. This is a Pelican double volume. There are a number of chapters relating to diseases, eye defects and blindness.* This is a VG++ copy of the 2nd. revised edition with absolutely minimal faults but no jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5108
Title: The Science Of Seeing.
Author: Pirie., Ida Mann & Antoinette
Illustrator: Pictures., Numerous Black & White Drawings &
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG+/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd. Rev. Edition, 1st Impression.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: London UK 232
Date Published: 1950-01-01

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