Shearwaters
by Lockley, R. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- /Good+
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Green cloth with gilt motif to front. 250pp. b/w illus.; b/w photo plates. Slight shelf wear to boards with a little rubbing and a few small white marks to spine and rear. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and tears to spine and corners. Top text block stained dark green, pages slightly tanned. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Impression. 1942.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111333
- Title
- Shearwaters
- Author
- Lockley, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 250
- Size
- 220mm x 145mm.
- Keywords
- birds ornithology Wales island natural history local unit five
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys
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