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Waifs and Strays of Natural History
by Gatty, Mrs Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Reydon, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bell and Daldy, 1871. [viii] + 165 pages. Coloured frontispiece, b/w plate & several in-text illustrations. Some lightl spotting throughout, small bookseller sticker to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to verso of front endpaper, small split to upper hinge, original gilt lettered cloth soiled with small gilt device to upper board, spine soiled, darkened and slightly bumped with some loss to head. Chapters include Coral, Coral Islands, Ahmeek the Beaver, Gum-Arabic, Zoophytes, Ostracods, Microscopic Objects, Sponges, The Red Snow plant, etc. Size - 170mm. x 115mm. Uncommon. [11428/738]. First Edition.. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Very Good. 170mm. x 115mm.. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Glynn
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011428
- Title
- Waifs and Strays of Natural History
- Author
- Gatty, Mrs Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY NATURE ODDITIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Size
- 170mm. x 115mm.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Glynn
Biblio member since 2004
Reydon, Suffolk
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