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A Popular History of Mammalia; comprising a familiar account of their classification and habits
by Adam White
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 15 further hand coloured plates. This work was part of the Popular Natural History Series which was designed to introduce young people to different aspects of natural history. Adam White, a Scottish zoologist, authored 3 of the volumes - his particular speciality was crustacea, but he had a broad knowledge of zoology. The binding is very bright and clean with gilt titles and decoration to spine and a gilt goat on the front board. There is a small red paint splash at the bottom corner of the front board and light wear to corners. Spine ends lightly pulled with a little chipping. The original endpapers are present - there is slight paper loss at the top of the front endpaper joint. Contents are complete and very clean with the occasional spot or mark. There is some spotting at the front and rear of the work - including the tissue guard to the frontispiece. The text is numbered to p346 - there is then a plate list (un-numbered) and an index numbered pp 1-14. Publisher's catalogue at the rear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033279
- Title
- A Popular History of Mammalia; comprising a familiar account of their classification and habits
- Author
- Adam White
- Illustrator
- B W Hawkins
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reeve and Benham
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mammalia; victorian natural history; adam white; popular natural history series
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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