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London Zoo
by Gleeson, Gertrude
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1933. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1933. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition. Very clean brown cloth boards with red title box on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; two tiny bumps to board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Red top stained page edges. Clean photo illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 323 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny chips at top of spine, one 1" closed edge tear with some creasing near tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. In "London Zoo", Gertrude Gleeson tells how creatures from all over the world are brought tousands of miles to the zoo and how they live there. In a veritable panorama of natural history we see the lives of creatures of all kinds, their odd habits, their fits of temperament, their maladies, their feats of prowess, even their romances and emotional problems. 8vo. Natural History..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012442
- Title
- London Zoo
- Author
- Gleeson, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- LONDON ZOO GREAT BRITAIN ZOOLOGY ADVENTURE ANIMALS NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Adventure/Travel; Animals;
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- Good+
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- Edges
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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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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