Animate Creation; Popular Edition Of 'Our Living World,' A Natural History - Volume 5: Fishes & Reptiles
by Wood, Rev. J. G. Wood; Holder, Joseph B. (Revised)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Magalia, California, United States
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About This Item
Selmar Hess. Good. 1898. Revised Edition. Half-Leather. Half-leather w/gilt lettering, marbled endpapers; Rubbing to edges of covers, FFEP is curling w/a 6" tear to bottom edge at spine and a 1" tear to top edge at spine, RFEP is curling w/1" tear to bottom edge at spine, pages lightly toning, 1 blank page in front of illustration has been torn out and laid in, 1 page creased .
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- Bookseller
- Books of Paradise (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- N1539
- Title
- Animate Creation; Popular Edition Of 'Our Living World,' A Natural History - Volume 5: Fishes & Reptiles
- Author
- Wood, Rev. J. G. Wood; Holder, Joseph B. (Revised)
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Selmar Hess
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Nature, Natural History, Fishes, Reptiles
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About the Seller
Books of Paradise
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Magalia, California
About Books of Paradise
Books of Paradise was established in January of 1988. We operated a 'mom & pop' general used bookstore until June of 2011 when we closed our doors and "retired" to internet bookselling only. We specialize in used rare and out-of-print books, as well as local history books.
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- Rubbing
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- RFEP
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