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I KNOW AN ISLAND
by R.M.LOCKLEY , JAMES LUCAS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GEORGE G HARRAP, 1948 fawn cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and illustration to front , 205 x 140 mm approx. 244 pp. wood cut illustrations maps and diggrams all as called for (13 and 17 respectively) 1948 reprint in Harrap's Country Lovers Library series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good / Fair (Book negligible shelf wear and soiling to cloth, light dust spotting to top edge and moderate foxing to fore edge of book block, a couple of biographical notes made in pencil by previous owner to end papers. Dust Jacket - chips to extremities - max 10 x 15 mm to tail and associated tears - max 2 cm, heavy foxing to fore edge of rear panel, non price clipped - cover 8/6. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133072
- Title
- I KNOW AN ISLAND
- Author
- R.M.LOCKLEY , JAMES LUCAS
- Illustrator
- JAMES LUCAS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- GEORGE G HARRAP
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- I Know an Island, R M Lockley, Skokholm Pembrokeshire, Grassholm, Ramsey, Bardsley, The Blaskets, Heligoland, Fair Isle, North Ronaldshay, The Faeroe Islands, The Westmann Islands, Ornithology, Farming, Social History, Country Ways,
Terms of Sale
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- Fore Edge
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- Price Clipped
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- Fair
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- G
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- Spine
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