EXOTIC CONCHOLOGY or Drawings and Descriptions of Rare,Beautiful or Undescribed Shells
by Swainson,William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New Jersey: D.Van Nostrand Co., 1968. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 4to. Reproduction of the 1821 original,limited to 2000 copies.All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 48 colour plates.Fine in red cloth.A beautiful production.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Cournoyer Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5843
- Title
- EXOTIC CONCHOLOGY or Drawings and Descriptions of Rare,Beautiful or Undescribed Shells
- Author
- Swainson,William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D.Van Nostrand Co.
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- Heavy 4to
- Keywords
- limited edition sea shells exotic sea shells natual history the ocean coral
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History & Horticulture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dale Cournoyer Books
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Dale Cournoyer Books
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- 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...