CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY, Illustrated. 5 Volume Set (of 6)
by Duncan, P. Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1883. 5 Volumes only (of 6. Vol 4 is missing.In contemporary Green cloth Bindings with some Gilt & Blacvk Linear Decoration to Spines, Fronts & Backs in imitation of antique binding. Each Volume is well Illustrated with Full Page Plates and many In-Text Illustrations. Vol I, Apes & Monkeys, Lemurs, Chiroptera, Insectivora (Cloth torn partway down side of spine and tip of 1 corner damages); Vol II, Land Carnivora, Aquatic or Marine Carnivora, Cetacea, Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Ungulata (Small piece of cloth missing at bottom corner of spine); Vol III, Ungulata, Rodentia, Edentata, Marupiala, Aves; Vol V, Pisces, Invertebrata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Molluscoida, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera ( 2 pieces missing from cloth at side of spine) and Vol VI, Neuroptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Aphaniptera, Rhyncota, Orthoptera, Thysanuria, Myriopoda, Arachnida, Crustacea, Vernmes, Echinodermata, Zoophyte, Spongia, Rhizopoda, Infusoria (Cloth torn on left side of spine). Some foxing, mostly marginal. 10 3/4" Tall. Set weighs 7.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures, information or a shipping quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good +. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008896
- Title
- CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY, Illustrated. 5 Volume Set (of 6)
- Author
- Duncan, P. Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris & New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/NATURE/NATURAL HISTORY/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books; Illustrated Books; Nature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
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