A History of British Reptiles
by Bell, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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IVER, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John van Voorst, 1839. xxiv, 142, wood engravings. . HB. 8vo, cont. half leather, marbled boards, rubbed/scuffed, some wear; rebacked, preserving orig. backstrip; leather titlepiece, chipped; neat cloth tape reinforcement to inner hinges. Occasional spotting. Interleaved copy with a few pencil notes, dated 1852. Original owner's signature to endpaper and recent owner's attractive bookplate.. First edition. More than 40 woodcuts to text. Includes amphibians as well as reptiles..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A46832
- Title
- A History of British Reptiles
- Author
- Bell, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Britain; Herpetology; Amphibians; Reptiles
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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
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- Cloth
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- Rebacked
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...