J. & W. Patterson, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Heddle. Being A Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds HItherto Observed in the Orkney Islands". A facsimile - "This reprint of the Historia Naturalis Orcadensis by Dr W.B. Baikie and Robert Heddle is a fascimile of the original edition of 1848. To it has been appended a reproduction of an unpublished manuscript 'Sketches of various fish found on the British Coasts and drawn by Robert Heddle'". In very good dark green card, black decoration around the edges and yellow titles. The covers are clean, tight and square; slightly edge-worn. Unmarked cut edges. Fine text block, looking unused; firm, straight and clean. Block of b/w illustrations of fish by Robert Heddle to rear. No dedications etc. Overall near fine condition. Without jacket.

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Bookseller: Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 58117
Title: Historia Naturalis Orcadensis: Zoology. Part I
Author: W.B. Baikie
Illustrator: Robert Heddle
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: J. & W. Patterson
Date Published: 1987
Pages: 104
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Keywords: NW

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Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.

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Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.