Animal Life of the British Isles
by Step, Edward:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Warne, 1942 Eighth impression. HB. Green leatherette cloth, with gilt & black titles and gilt fox head motif; buff-brown dustjacket with badger colour plate pasted to front, rounded corners. 184pp. 10/6 price to front flap. Latest title listed on back of jacket: Dragonflies. With 147 illusts, 48 in lovely toned colour. Good in Good protected jacket. Clean and bright covers, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, no ownership marks, browning to page edges; small dark brown stains to a few pages. Jacket has stain to front, image clean, loss to top spine affecting top of Animal, other small edge losses, very browned and rubbed spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19812
- Title
- Animal Life of the British Isles
- Author
- Step, Edward:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Frederick Warne, 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
David Ford Books
Payment by GB Sterling Pound cheque, Bank Transfer, PAYPAL. Any extra postage required will be quoted at time of order confirmation.
Books may be returned within 7 days, with prior notification, if not as described
About the Seller
David Ford Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
Member of Provincial Bookfairs Association.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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- 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....
- 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
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...