Studies in Ampullaria
by ALDERSON, E. G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xx, 102 + 19 plates (collates complete). Limited to 150 copies. Original publishers quarter black buckram binding with grey paper boards. Rubbing to boards with some minor insect damage (tiny silverfish grazes) to foot of rear gutter hinge & associated thinning to some of the paper at top margin of rear cover with boards just showing at the top left corner. A number of small marks. Internally complete. "With the Author's Compliments" label tipped in on front blank endpaper. A few small fox spots to prelims only. No loose & no missing leaves. A Rare study of Snails (Ampullaria) by Alderson - Member of the Malacological Society of London and the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. .
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- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026138
- Title
- Studies in Ampullaria
- Author
- ALDERSON, E. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- snails shells conchology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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