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London, England: Vernor Hood and Sharpe, 1807. New Edition Stated. . Full-Leather. Good+/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition Stated, abridged. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall in full leather, black spine medallion w/gold titles and ribs. Good+/No DJ, as issued. Leather rubbed, two 2" scratches on rear board, partially rebound in leather at gutters, internal gutters partially exposed, scattered foxing, pages offset from facing plates; square, hinges firm, interior o/w clean and unmarked. vi, 411pp; illustrated in 16 engraved plates, frontis portrait.
Goldsmith's History of The Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged; Containing The Natural History of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, & Insects by Pilkington, Mrs - 1807
by Pilkington, Mrs
Goldsmith's History of The Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged; Containing The Natural History of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, & Insects
by Pilkington, Mrs
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- Hardcover
London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J.Harris; Darton and Harvey; J.Murray; T. Ostell; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; H.D.Symonds; R.Scholey, and Taylor and Hessey, 1807. Original brown half calf leather boards with original gilt titles on original label and gilt design to spine. Cover: moderately rubbed, small patches of wear and first leather missing to rear head cover by 10 cm x 1cm. Faint scuffing to only some of the extremeties. Once blue edges now quite faded with faint foxing and dusting of soiling. Slight splits to front guttering paper. Olde style signature 1809 to head of Title page and signature to bottom of Title page. Teeny chip to fep fore-edge. Few only pages with faint foxing. Some pages with vey light impression of illustrations transferred. One page white space with penciled line scribbles. 411p Publishers adverts at end. Binding tight.. New Edition. Hb. VG/None.
- Bookseller BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - VG
- Jacket Condition None
- Edition New Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J.Harris; Darton and Harvey; J.Murray; T. Ostell; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; H.D.Symonds; R.Scholey,
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1807