[King Penguin 57]. A Book of Mosses. With 16 Plates from Johannes Hedwig's Descriptio Muscorum. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by RICHARDS Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates,free endpapers faintly spotted; original series binding of patterned paper boards, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. King Penguin 57. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40091
- Title
- [King Penguin 57]. A Book of Mosses. With 16 Plates from Johannes Hedwig's Descriptio Muscorum. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- RICHARDS Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penguin, [Harmondsworth],
- Date Published
- [1950]
- Keywords
- penguins, king penguins, natural history, botany, mosses, paul richards
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Island Books
Biblio member since 2004
Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...