Shearwaters
by Lockley, R. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- /Poor
- Seller
-
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. Some bumps to spine. Dust jacket is slightly discolored; many chips and tears plus partial losses. Top text block stained dark green; pages lightly tanned but o'wise clean and unmarked.. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1942.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111334
- Title
- Shearwaters
- Author
- Lockley, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 250
- Size
- 220mm x 147mm.
- Keywords
- birds ornithology Wales island natural history local unit five
Terms of Sale
Broad Street Book Centre
We accept returns within 7 days of receipt should the item not prove to be as described
About the Seller
Broad Street Book Centre
Biblio member since 2008
Hay-on-Wye, Powys
About Broad Street Book Centre
Our bookshop is situated in the world famous book-town of Hay-on-Wye and hosts 20 individual booksellers covering the broadest possible range of books with everything from antiquarian to zoology
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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