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CURIOUS CREATURES IN ZOOLOGY
by Ashton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Octavo (8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches) New York: Cassell Publishing Co., [1890]. Original. 348 pages, illustrated "With 130 (sepia toned) illustrations throughout the text." Good condition, hardcover, original green cloth with decorative device in gilt on upper cover showing two figures: a male and female in the water holding a large shell, title, author and publisher's name in gilt on spine (mild shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, and marks on back cover, all not affecting contents), index.
A description of "strange things" that includes, among many: "Amazons," "Pygmies," "Giants," "Wild Men," "Hairy Men," "The Centaur," "Woolly Hens," "Four Footed Duck," "The Kraken," and "The Sea Serpent."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1066
- Title
- CURIOUS CREATURES IN ZOOLOGY
- Author
- Ashton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Original
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1890]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Currious Creatures
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old and Rare; Folk Tales; Antiquarian; Zoology;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Device
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- Shelf Wear
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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