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DOGS, JACKALS, WOLVES and FOXES. A MONOGRAPH of the CANIDAE.
by MIVART, St. George.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, R.H. Porter & Dulau & Co. 1890.. FIRST EDITION 1890. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DESMOND MORRIS WELL KNOWN ZOOLOGIST, NATURALIST AND ARTIST, WITH HIS BOOKPLATE ON FIRST PASTEDOWN. 4to, approxmately 265 x 190 mm, 10½ x 7½ inches, 45 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans, and 59 woodcut illustrations in the text, pages: [8], xxxvi, 1-216, illustrations and text on thick good quality paper, publisher's original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream endpapers professionally replaced at sometime. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine, title page affected by foxing (see attached image) and a little pale foxing to margins of prelims and index at rear, otherwise a very good clean copy. See: Bonhams catalogue of the Wassenaar Zoo, May 2018, Lot No. 155. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47476
- Title
- DOGS, JACKALS, WOLVES and FOXES. A MONOGRAPH of the CANIDAE.
- Author
- MIVART, St. George.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, R.H. Porter & Dulau & Co. 1890.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DOGS WOLVES JACKALS FOXES CANIDAE NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY DESMOND MORRIS HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS KEULEMANS SWINDON ART EVOLUTION
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Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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