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OUR REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain
by Cooke, M. C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. H. Allen and Co, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. new and revised Edition. sm 8vo, ppvii + 200 with 10 chromolithographic plates plus coloured title page, b/w illustrations throughout text and 45 pages of publishers catalogue. Hardcover no dust jacket. Handsomely rebound in 1/4 green leather with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and black leather label to spine over green cloth boards in very good/near fine condition. Inside some pages uncut therefore unread, there is a little foxing throughout but mostly in very good condition. A very good copy
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000344
- Title
- OUR REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain
- Author
- Cooke, M. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- 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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