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Coloured Illustrations of Exotic Aquarium Fishes
by Makino, Shinji
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Osaka, Japan: Hoikusha, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Revised by Ikusaku Amamiya. A book of colour photographs of aquarium fishes, written in Japanese, with species identified in Latin and English as well; the plates are also indexed in Latin and English. Green cloth with silver titling on spine and front, colour paste-down on front, illustrated end papers and title page, colour plates illustrate the first half of the book; the second half illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams, 130 pages. Book is in a stapled cardboard slipcase with wrap-around colour pastedown with illustration and titling. Light foxing to end papers, text block edge is slightly darkened. Dust jacket has light edge wear, spine slightly sunned. Slipcase is darkened with light shelf wear. This is a very handsome book, in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015870
- Title
- Coloured Illustrations of Exotic Aquarium Fishes
- Author
- Makino, Shinji
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hoikusha
- Place of Publication
- Osaka, Japan
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FISH, ILLUSTRATED, AQUARIUM, JAPAN, NON-ENGLISH, NATURAL HISTORY, PETS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Pets & Animals;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
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