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Our Reptiles and Batrachians. A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain
by Cooke, M.C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: W.H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1893. The famous botanist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-1914) first published this study in 1865; this is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus (a "New and Revised Edition"), illustrated with many coloured lithographs and black-and-white drawings throughout. Dark green cloth binding, ruled on the covers, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 200 pages, indexed, and with a 47-page publisher's catalogue with "Great Reductions" in the back. Bumped and rubbed at the margins. . First Thus. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004164
- Title
- Our Reptiles and Batrachians. A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain
- Author
- Cooke, M.C
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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