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Wild Animals I Have Known and 200 Drawings (THIRTEENTH IMPRESSION)
by Ernest Seton Thompson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Thirteenth Impression. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Thirteenth Impression. Eight stories and full-page drawings. Critical Notices include: "Should become a nursery classic." Pall Mall Gazette (London); "It can be read to advantage by either adult or child." (New Haven Union); "Lobo is probably the most wonderful true story of wild-animal cunning that has appeared in English so far." (Director, N.Y. Zoological Park). <br>CONDITION: Dark green boards, gilt title and black graphics on cover and spine. Shelf wear, rubbed and soiled; front hinge partially detached but holding. Gilt top page edge, deckled fore and bottom edges. Evenly age toned, previous owner's name on fly leaf with inked price. 358 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070400
- Title
- Wild Animals I Have Known and 200 Drawings (THIRTEENTH IMPRESSION)
- Author
- Ernest Seton Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Thirteenth Impression
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children Literature; Wild Animals; Animal Stories; Animal Fiction; Nature Fiction
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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