HOMES WITHOUT HANDS, Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals Classed According to Their Principles of Construction. With New Designs By W. F. Keyl and E. Smith
by Wood J. G. (Rev)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1866. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Keyl, W. F. And Smith E. Beautifully illustrated with B&W Full-Page and In-Text Illustrations, Engraved by G. Pearson. Very interesting, detailed and delightful work on Birds, Mammals & Insects and the homes they make. Includes Burrowing, Pensile, Wood- Boring, Building, Sub-Aquatic & More. Frontis illustrated with an Osprey hovering above it's nest. Green cloth cover with beautiful Gilt illustration of a pair of Birds in their Nest. Gilt lettering to spine. Page edges untrimmed. 632 Pages, 9" Tall. Antique gift inscription on ffep dated 1869. Rear hinge slightly cracked. Pages slightly age darkened. Faint tobacco odour. Book weighs 1.4 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013294
- Title
- HOMES WITHOUT HANDS, Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals Classed According to Their Principles of Construction. With New Designs By W. F. Keyl and E. Smith
- Author
- Wood J. G. (Rev)
- Illustrator
- Keyl, W. F. And Smith E
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/NATURE/BIRDS & BIRDWATCHING/WILDLIFE/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- G
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