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The Animal Kingdom - Illustrated in twenty-seven coloured plates, containing several hundreds of species
by Dr Zwanziger
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1914 Book. Good. Illustrated Boards. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Illustrated guide to animals of the world, 'from the letterpress of Dr. Zwanziger of Fuerth, translated from the original German text by Gerard K Gude'. 92pp with index, illustrated with 27 double-page plates of colour drawings. Bound with red cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Rubbing to spine, edges and corners, some marking to red cloth and boards, left hinge cracked with webbing showing to upper half, and top edges dusty, otherwise fair/good copy with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014868
- Title
- The Animal Kingdom - Illustrated in twenty-seven coloured plates, containing several hundreds of species
- Author
- Dr Zwanziger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature, Wildlife and Ecology;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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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