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CONCHYLIA INSULARUM BRITANNICARUM. THE SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED.
by TURTON, WILLIAM, M.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate Cover Wear./No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: M.A. Nattali, 1822. Rebacked by professional book conservator. Corners refreshed. New paper spine label. Occasional foxing, never heavy. Widely-marginated test. Twenty hand-colored plated. [i-xlvii, 1-277, errata page, 16 page catalogue]. Plates are fresh and clean, occasional light off-setting onto adjacent page. See photos. . First Edition. Green Cloth. Moderate Cover Wear./No Jacket. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012767
- Title
- CONCHYLIA INSULARUM BRITANNICARUM. THE SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED.
- Author
- TURTON, WILLIAM, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate Cover Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- M.A. Nattali
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Conchology, Color Plates, Shells.
- Bookseller catalogs
- California 2018;
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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