Notes and Jottings from Animal Life First edition
by Buckland, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1882. First edition, 1882. Hardback. viii, [ix], 414pp. Full leather with gilt. Badge of Oakham School to upper board. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece tipped-in photograph of the author, with tissue guard. Sixteen illustrations. The preface states:- "These papers were selected and arranged by Frank Buckland, shortly before his death, with a view to their early publication. The substance of them had appeared in 'Land and Water.'" Book in very good condition. Spine a little discoloured and gilt titles have worn away. A little wear to head of spine and to lower corners. Boards generally a little rubbed and soiled. Gilt badge to upper board still bright. Dentelles to inner edges of pastedowns might once have been picked out with gilt but there is no trace of this now. Top edge marbling somewhat darkened. Tissue guard to frontis lightly creased. Some light spotting to early and late pages but text block generally clean and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307429
- Title
- Notes and Jottings from Animal Life First edition
- Author
- Buckland, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature & Natural History;
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Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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- First Edition
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