Elephants and Ethnologists
by SMITH, G. Elliot
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
* 1st Edition* , 1924. 4to, 135pp + 52 b&w plates of woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton. Hardcover, No dustjacket. Original boards, dark blue cloth spine with gilt title over Grey boards. Binding in very good condition with minor shelf wear to top bottom of spine with rubbing to edges of boards. Inside previous owners name on FFE, intermittent foxing throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IK-EBNP-HHYU
- Title
- Elephants and Ethnologists
- Author
- SMITH, G. Elliot
- Illustrator
- A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, trench, Trubner and co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- natural history
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...