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A Bird in the Bush (Lord Kennet of the Dene.) With Illustrations by Peter Scott. Signed Limited Edition.
by SCOTT, PETER: YOUNG, E. HILTON:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Country Life, 1936 1st. Limited Numbered Edition 345/550.. Hardback, approx 10 x 8 inches. Half bound with green cloth to spine and boards. Spine lettered in gilt. In green cloth hard slipcase. In very good condition with very good slipcase (SC, clean and smart, likely added later.) Some minor handling marks and minor rubbing to edges of cloth on boards. Some mild foxing to endpapers. Inside pages and illustratiosn all clean and bright. Numbered and signed by authors on rear of title page. No other inscriptions or marks. Else a very good and tight copy. 146pp. Colour frontis and B&W woodcut illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84648
- Title
- A Bird in the Bush (Lord Kennet of the Dene.) With Illustrations by Peter Scott. Signed Limited Edition.
- Author
- SCOTT, PETER: YOUNG, E. HILTON:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Country Life, 1936 1st. Limited Numbered Edition 345/550.
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY::BIRDS SCOTT, PETER: YOUNG, E. HILTON: A Bird in the Bush, Lord Kennet of the Dene, Illustrations, Peter Scott, Country Life, 1936, 1st, limited, numbered, signed, slipcase, birds, ornithology,
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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