An Odd Bestiary (Hardcover with Dust Jacket): Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Ec. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Abecedary.
by Robinson, Alan James; Laurie Block (compiler and annotator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Urbana and Chicago: A Cheloniidae Press Book/University of Illinois Press, 1986. Three quarter cloth. Simulated leather spine with gold lettering. Glue residue of price tag behind front cover. No previous owner's names or marks. Jacket is slight age-toned and lighltly soiled. Bottom edge of back panel has small closed tear. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a GOOD PLUS dust jacket. . Three Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Alan James Robinson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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- Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014627
- Title
- An Odd Bestiary (Hardcover with Dust Jacket): Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Ec. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Abecedary.
- Author
- Robinson, Alan James; Laurie Block (compiler and annotator)
- Illustrator
- Alan James Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- A Cheloniidae Press Book/University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- xyz
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.