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DEER OF THE WORLD
by Whitehead, G. Kenneth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0094560307
- ISBN 13
- 9780094560307
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable & Company, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. Illustrated. xii, 194pp. First edition (1972). Illustrated with numeous b/w photographic plates and a colour frontispiece plate. Several maps also throughout. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine and vignette of a deer to the tail of the front board. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and a little soiling to the spine and head of the boards, concealed under the wrapper. A little scattered foxing to the fore edges. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped with light fading to the spine of the wrapper. There is some creasing to the head of the wrapper and light shelf wear. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001168
- Title
- DEER OF THE WORLD
- Author
- Whitehead, G. Kenneth
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0094560307
- ISBN 13
- 9780094560307
- Publisher
- Constable & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- X weight
- 25 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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- Edges
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- Tail
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- Vignette
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- Bumps
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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