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The Natural History of Selbourne TOGETHER WITH The Natural History of Insects (2 volumes) TOGETHER WITH The Natural History of Birds, Their Architecture, Habits, and Faculties
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Garden, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1942-1944.
1840s FOUR ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES FROM HARPER & BROTHERS FAMILY LIBRARY FOR CHILDREN: NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, INSECTS, AND BIRDS.
Four hardcover volumes from Harper & Brothers Family Library 6 inches tall, brown pebbled cloth binding, gilt title to spine, many wood engravings. 1) Selborne 1842, 335 pp; 2) & 3) Insects vols. 1 & 2 1843/1844, 292 pp, 308 pp; 4) Birds 1844, 308 pp. Spine ends frayed, spots to some covers, all bindings tight, text unmarked, very good minus, each in custom archival mylar cover.
HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARY, advertised as the "cheapest series of popular works ever published," grew over fifteen years to include 187 non-fiction titles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biomed Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1390
- Title
- The Natural History of Selbourne TOGETHER WITH The Natural History of Insects (2 volumes) TOGETHER WITH The Natural History of Birds, Their Architecture, Habits, and Faculties
- Format/Binding
- Cloth binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942-1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children's book; natural history; insects; birds
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Biomed Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
North Garden, Virginia
About Biomed Rare Books
I established BioMed Rare Books in 2015 as an internet-based bookshop specializing in rare and antiquarian books and papers in medicine and the life sciences. I have been collecting and studying printed works in these fields for many years, an activity that has enhanced and informed my practice of medicine and my own biological research.
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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