British Mammals (The New Naturalist 21)
by Matthews, L. Harrison
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- /Very Good-
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Collins. Green cloth, gilt title. First ed. 424pp. 16 col. plates; 48 b/w plates; 92 figs. Tail of spine slightly bumped and small bumps to edges of upper board Slight shelf wear to dust jacket, with small chips and tears to spine and corners and larger tear and chip to lower spine. Slight foxing to rear end papers and text block edges, o'wise a very good, sound copy. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1952.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111770
- Title
- British Mammals (The New Naturalist 21)
- Author
- Matthews, L. Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 424
- Size
- 220mm x 160mm.
- Keywords
- natural history British mammals new naturalists unit five
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