New Naturalist Monograph No. 14 THE BIRDS OF THE LONDON AREA
by Homes, R. C. & A Committee of The London Natural History Society
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x, 305 + publisher adverts. No 14 of the New Naturalist Monographs. 40 b/w plates 6 maps and illustrations. Dust jacket near fine, bright with crisp edges, no foxing, some fading to the spine not price-clipped, now protected in a removable clear archival sleeve. Original green buckram cloth binding clean with gilt lettering. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, 2mm line of toning along part of the bottom edge of the front free enpaper, no foxing. A near fine book in a near fine jacket.[Collecting the New Naturalists M14A].
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038453
- Title
- New Naturalist Monograph No. 14 THE BIRDS OF THE LONDON AREA
- Author
- Homes, R. C. & A Committee of The London Natural History Society
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Naturalist;
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- New
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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