British Mammals
by Matthews L. Harrison
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1952 16 colour plates; 48 black & white plates; 92 black & white illustrations in the text; Volume 21 of "The New Naturalist"; Hardback: green series patterned cloth decorated in gilt on spine, armorial bookplate to front pastedown; Light cover wear, end-papers foxed, front hinge starting to crack, g+ in tatty Ellis dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfare
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6297
- Title
- British Mammals
- Author
- Matthews L. Harrison
- Illustrator
- Clifford and Rosemary Ellis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Mammals Deer New Naturalist Series Hares Rabbits British Natural History
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Dustwrapper
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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