British Fresh-water Fishes
by Houghton, W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
London: William Mackenzie, [1879]. xxvi, 204, 41 fine colour printed plates, 64 engravings, text figs. . HB. Roy. 4to, later half-morocco, raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, teg. Minor scattered foxing. A very handsome copy.. First edition. Illustrated with a coloured figure of each species drawn from nature by A.F. Lyndon and printed by Benjamin Fawcett. With numerous charming wood engraved vignettes of river scenary in the text by A.F. Lyndon. Nissen ZBI, 2009; Freeman, 1782..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A35930
- Title
- British Fresh-water Fishes
- Author
- Houghton, W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Mackenzie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1879]
- Keywords
- ABABOOKFAIR 2019; Britain; Colour Plates; Fish; Natural History
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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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