THE ORNITHOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO THE ISLANDS OF ORKNEY AND SHETLAND
by Robert Dunn Animal Preserver, Hull
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hull: Published by the author [Printed by Richard Taylor], 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x 128; frontispiece, title page, two fold out maps. Original green cloth binding, very good, spine faded, spine label with a little loss and cracking, otherwise firm. Contents clean and tight, original yellow coated endpapers, unmarked, no inscriptions, few spots to the maps, and first few pages only. A very good, scarce copy in the original binding..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037085
- Title
- THE ORNITHOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO THE ISLANDS OF ORKNEY AND SHETLAND
- Author
- Robert Dunn Animal Preserver, Hull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Published by the author [Printed by Richard Taylor]
- Place of Publication
- Hull
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - British; Birds - British Regional Guides;
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