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An Odd Bestiary
by Robinson, Alan James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0252013530
- ISBN 13
- 9780252013539
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Urbana & Illinois: University of Illinois Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0252013530 . Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. Text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1986). First Trade Edition (first published as A Cheloniidae Press Book in 1982, limited to 300 copies). 11.25" x 8.75". Unpaginated. Quarter red leatherette & cream cloth boards. Fine condition in near fine dj (faint soil to fold). With 26 red initial linecuts and 26 wood engravings in b&w, text printed in red and black, followed by an detailed bibliography of sources. Partial quote from rear panel of jacket: "' Robinson's An Odd Bestiary is a whole book, coherent in all its details. It is an exemplary marriage of text, type, calligraphy, and images'" - Barry Moser, Pennyroyal Press. ISBN 0252013530; 11.25 X 8.75 inches; 76 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13522
- Title
- An Odd Bestiary
- Author
- Robinson, Alan James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0252013530
- ISBN 13
- 9780252013539
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana & Illinois
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0252013530, Bestiary, Fine Printing, Illustrated Book
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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