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The Island
by Lockley, R.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0856171697
- ISBN 13
- 9780856171697
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: White Lion Publishers Limited. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1975. Reprint (New Edition). Hardcover. 0856171697 . A 1975 new edition in hardback of the 1969 original. Small 8vo (132 x 202mm). A Good-Plus copy in a slightly chipped, price clipped and lightly toned dustjacket. The dustjacket has a coloured bird illustration by Tunicliffe on the front cover. 192pp. Black and white illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, and b/w end-paper maps - unfortunately the front free - half map - endpaper has been torn out - but the rear endpaper map is identical. Clean Black Boards, spine titled in bright gilt. Overall, apart from the faults as noted earlier, this is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy with NO Inscriptions or other marks. "The island of Skokholm, tiny and remote, off the wild coast of Pembrokeshire, where Ronald Lockley, as a young man, went to study the tens of thousands of wild creatures living there. Mr. Lockley tells of his struggle to wrest a living from this desolate place, at first alone, later with his wife and daughter. Of the rabbits and plagues of locusts...." ; 8vo 7" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113409
- Title
- The Island
- Author
- Lockley, R.M
- Illustrator
- C. F. Tunnicliffe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint (New Edition)
- ISBN 10
- 0856171697
- ISBN 13
- 9780856171697
- Publisher
- White Lion Publishers Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0856171697, The Island; Wales; South West Wales;, C. F. Tunicliffe Illustrator;, The Island Of Skokholm, Tiny And Remote, Off The Wild Coast Of , Pembrokeshire, Where Ronald Lockley, As A Young Man, Went To Study The , Tens Of Thousands Of Wild Creatures
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval/Maritime; Wales/Welsh; British Topography; Illustrated; Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- New
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