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The Naturalist's Library Vol. XV Mammalia Introduction
by Jardine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1846. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 312pp complete with 31 coloured plates, frontispiece portrait and title page vignette. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Red cloth binding with decorative gilt in good condition with a few marks and a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Inside hinge is cracked a little in a couple of places but binding holding nicely. A little intermittent foxing more pronounced at begin and end pages, Plates in very good condition . A lovely complete copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000078
- Title
- The Naturalist's Library Vol. XV Mammalia Introduction
- Author
- Jardine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W.H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1846
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- natural history
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Vignette
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- 12mo
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
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- Shelf Wear
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