The Natural History of Selborne & Observations On Nature; With The Text And New Letters Of The Buckland Edition, Introduction By John Burroughs, Illustrations By Clifton Johnson
by White, Gilbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. Second edition, this originally appeared in 1895 in a two volume set. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in one; Octavo; pp; I; xxiii, (i), 208, (ii), ads; II; vi, 231, (iv), ads; illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume and another seventy eight black and white photographs by Clifton Johnson; pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt, lettered in white ; Original Amy Richards design with her initials lower left; A bit of fading to the spine else bright and very good. A classic natural history text.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16173
- Title
- The Natural History of Selborne & Observations On Nature; With The Text And New Letters Of The Buckland Edition, Introduction By John Burroughs, Illustrations By Clifton Johnson
- Author
- White, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition, this originally appeared in 1895 in a two volume
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Nature; Birds; Ornithology; Ecology Shelf;
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Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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