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Charles Scribner's sons, 1/1/1911. Hardcover. Good. 3 prelim., [v]-xii, 300 (i. e. 230) pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, maps (l folded). Bound in 1/2 green leather. Vellum boards. TEG. Gilt spine. Good binding and cover. SPine darkened, soiling to vellum. Foxing to text pages, plates clean.
A Naturalist On Desert Islands by Lowe, Percy R - 1911
by Lowe, Percy R
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A Naturalist On Desert Islands
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Published by Witherby & Co., 326 High Holborn, London First Edition 1911. London 1911., 1911. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 300 printed pages of text with 32 monochrome photographic plates on coated paper and 3 maps. Age darkening to the spine, shallow rubs to the creased spine ends and corners, Sunday school plate dated 1924 to the front free end paper, age darkened page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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- Date Published 1911
- Keywords MEXICO Venezuela Caribbean
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A Naturalist on Desert Islands
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A Naturalist on Desert Islands
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NY: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1911. 1st American edition; blue c w/moderate wear at extpreitiems; gilt spine titles; lite toning of end papers; 300 clean, unmarked pages/index. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by &w & full-color Plates. 8 Vo.
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Witherby & Co, 1911. in8. 1911. Cartonné.
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London, New York, Witherby & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911, First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, light stain on outer, lower corner of covers, interior is clean and unmarked, very good sound copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 300, [i, publisher's ads] pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, other illustrations from drawings, 3 maps including 2 in color (one folding), index. . Based on yachting travels in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico over six consecutive winters, the author describes his experiences and adventures on several islands, including Swan, Blanquilla, the Hermanos islands belonging to Honduras and Venezuela, with much on coral, birds, fish, plants, animal life in water and on land, hidden treasure and on the people he met. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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London, New York, Witherby & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911, First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, small spot on front cover, else near fine, interior quite clean and unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 300, [i, publisher's ads] pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, other illustrations from drawings, 3 maps including 2 in color (one folding), index. . Based on yachting travels in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico over six consecutive winters, the author describes his experiences and adventures on several islands, including Swan, Blanquilla, the Hermanos islands belonging to Honduras and Venezuela, with much on coral, birds, fish, plants, animal life in water and on land, hidden treasure and on the people he met. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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London, Witherby & Co., 1911.Original blue cloth, spine decorated and gilt. With 3 maps and many photographic plates. XII,300 pp.First edition. - The English surgeon and ornithologist Percy Roycroft Lowe (1870-1948) served as a private physician to Sir Frederick Johnstone (1841-1913) in the West Indies from 1902 to 1912. Visiting a.o. Swan Islands (Honduras), Blanquilla and Hermanos islands (Venezuela).
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