PARLEY'S BOOK OF QUADRUPEDS For Youth
by Goodrich, Samuel G & Parley, Peter
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Hubbard & Burgess. NY. 1860. Book size about 5 by 6 1/2 inches with some 320 pages. Bound in blue cloth with front cover small gilt image and blind stamped border decoration--gilt spine lettering. 'Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable quadrupeds in all countries, with particular notices of those of America.' Illustrated by 200 engravings. How about a pig faced baboon? Covers well worn with splitting along the spine edge; other light covers chipping; several pages pulled along an interior crack area. Perfectly readable and not too unattractive. FAIR Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- the book scot (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10764
- Title
- PARLEY'S BOOK OF QUADRUPEDS For Youth
- Author
- Goodrich, Samuel G & Parley, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hubbard & Burgess. NY. 1860.
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- CHILDRENS BOOK;
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About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fair
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