The Land and Freshwater Mollusks Indigenous to, or Naturalized in, the British Isles
by Reeve Lovell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Reeve and Co , 1863. Book measures 21x14.cm. xx,275pp, 16pp catalogue, engraved frontis, folding map. Bound in original publishers embossed cloth, with gilt image on top board, gilt title lettering. At some time the spine has been rebacked, retaining most of the origial spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, light offsetting on title. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014179
- Title
- The Land and Freshwater Mollusks Indigenous to, or Naturalized in, the British Isles
- Author
- Reeve Lovell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Reeve and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Mollusks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Natural History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Rebacked
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- Cloth
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