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Nature Notes
by Peter Brookes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 10.5". Peter Brookes. A signed first edition of these cartoons by Peter Brookes. First collected edition. Peter Brookes is an English political cartoonist who produced work for many publications, most notably The Times, for which he is the leader-page cartoonist. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent. Some minor shelfwear to the boards. The Times bookplate signed by Peter Brookes to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper smart with some shelfwear and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN14-D-16
- Title
- Nature Notes
- Author
- Peter Brookes
- Illustrator
- Peter Brookes
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8.5" by 10.5"
- Keywords
- peter brookes cartoonish carictures nature notes cartoonish
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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