London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Uniform Edition.. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Uniform Edition. Near FIne/Very Good+. Clean green cloth boards with black stamped lettering on spine, black line border on cover. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small inscription (1936) on first page. 160 pgs. with lovely illustrations, each with a printed tissue guard. Clean bright DUSTJACKET has small price clip, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A beautiful, collectible quality book and dustjacket. 8vo. Great Britain..

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Bookseller: Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010583
Title: The Story of the Island
Author: Mee, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: Uniform Edition.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: ARTHUR MEE'S GIFT BOOKS ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY NATURE GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND
Bookseller catalogs: Great Britain; Natural HIstory;

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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio

Customer satisfaction is #1 with Old Scrolls Book Shop. We carefully select our inventory and strive to offer clean, quality books and to give accurate and detailed descriptions. If you are not happy with your purchase for any reason, books may be returned (properly packaged and in same condition as shipped) within 30 days for a full refund. Please call (585-355-6971) or e-mail us at (info@oldscrolls.com) if there is a problem with a book.

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About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio

Quality used, rare and out-of-print books. We are available 24 hours by E-mail. By phone, 9:00am - 6:00pm 585-355-6971. Books are carefully packaged, bubble wrapped and boxed for shipment. Our shipping days are M-F. Orders are shipped within one business day from time order is received. Shop is open Monday-Sunday 9:00 am-8:30 pm. Customers may set up appointment for private viewing. If further information on a book is required, e-mail info@oldscrolls.com or phone 585-355-6971. Digital photos available if none are present or if you need additional photos.

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Uniform Edition: A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...