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Mordecai Cubitt Cooke : Victorian Naturalist, Mycologist, Teacher & Eccentric
by English, Mary P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0948737026
- ISBN 13
- 9780948737022
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bristol: Biopress Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. Green Boards. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. 357pp. A super copy of this first edition. Light bump to the head of the spine and slight bumps to three corners. Several illustrations including a frontispiece plate support the text. The cloth at the tail of the spine has been lightly turned in. Perhaps the slightest of soil marks to the fore edges. Otherwise the book is fresh and clean. The dust wrapper is very clean and tight though has slight creasing over he corners. There is a slight straight scratch to the front of the wrapper, visible in certain lights. A well preserved, very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214136
- Title
- Mordecai Cubitt Cooke : Victorian Naturalist, Mycologist, Teacher & Eccentric
- Author
- English, Mary P
- Format/Binding
- Green Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0948737026
- ISBN 13
- 9780948737022
- Publisher
- Biopress Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- MYCOLOGY SCIENTISTS_BIOGRAPHY
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Plate
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- Bumps
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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