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British Mammals. Illustrated by Doris Meyer.
by Westell, W. Percival
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Moray, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Dodd, Ltd., [1920s]. Quarto. Original grey cloth blocked in dark blue with illustrations of various animals. Colour frontispiece and 1 plate, illustrations throughout the text. Prize bookplate of the Aldeborough School dated 1927, bookseller's ticket of W. E. Harrison of Ipswich. Spine tanned and rolled, cloth spotted and a little worn at the extremities, light spotting to contents and edges of text block, damage to the edges of pages 105-112 caused by an attempt to open the leaves which were accidentally left closed during production, small pieces of excess paper on the edges of pages 123 and 127. Very good condition. A charming, illustrated children's book by the prolific natural history author William Percival Westell (1874-1943). Westell was a self-educated naturalist who served as the curator of the Lechworth Museum for three decades and "strove to make his publications accessible to all by eschewing technical language" (Moore, "William Percival Westell", Archives of Natural History, volume 42, issues 2). It is estimated that he sold around half a million copies of his many books, published by an astonishing 37 different publishers (Moore).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alembic Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 724
- Title
- British Mammals. Illustrated by Doris Meyer.
- Author
- Westell, W. Percival
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Dodd, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1920s]
- Keywords
- Biology|Natural History|Zoology|Children's Science
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alembic Rare Books
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Moray
About Alembic Rare Books
We specialise in rare science books dating from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, including first editions, signed copies, manuscripts, objects, and ephemera. We have particular expertise in natural history, genetics and evolution, anatomy, nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, early computing, and women in science. We also carry books related to women's history and literature.
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- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Text Block
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
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