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West American Shells. 1904 First Edition
by Josiah Keep
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
A$536.02A$482.42
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Whitaker and Ray Co., 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good. See description. West Coast Shells, by Josiah Keep. 1904 true First Edition. Rare. San Francisco: The Whitaker and Ray Co., 1904. Tall 12mo (7 5/8"), green cloth with gilt cover and spine imprinting, 360 pp. Very Good; corners touched, title page signature loose, page edges darkened, early owner's signature on front pastedown (see scan). One of Josiah Keep's several much-admired works on seashell collecting, replete with his black and white drawings and, of course, his extraordinarily scholarly text. Easy to find as a modern reprint - but this 1904 true first edition is in very, very scarce. For the genre specialist collector. Ships in stout protection, of course. T17
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64014
- Title
- West American Shells. 1904 First Edition
- Author
- Josiah Keep
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Whitaker and Ray Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 360
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General, Marine Biology, General, General, Invertebrates, Seashells, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature / Wildlife / Travel / Exploration; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
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Baldwinsville, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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