Johnsonia. Monographs of the Marine Mollusks of the Western Atlantic. (TWO VOLUME SET). Volume I, Numbers 1 to 18.; and Volume II, Numbers 19 - 82
by Clench, William J
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1941. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quartos. Variously paginated. Hardcovers bound in burgundy buckram. The bindings are worn and soiled but sound. Damp spots on the spines of both volumes, and there is some heavy fading to the binding of Volume II. A large black "X" is on the front flyleaf of each volume. Some spotting to the outside edges of the text block, but the text is sound and clean.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045479
- Title
- Johnsonia. Monographs of the Marine Mollusks of the Western Atlantic. (TWO VOLUME SET). Volume I, Numbers 1 to 18.; and Volume II, Numbers 19 - 82
- Author
- Clench, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Botanical Museum of Harvard University
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 9.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1941; William J. Clench; Johnson; Johnsoniana; Monographs; Marine Mollusks; Western Atlantic Ocean; Animals; Shellfish; Natural History; Maritime.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Maritime;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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