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TOADSTOOL AND MUSHROOMS OF THE COUNTYSIDE A Pocket Guide to the Large Fungi
by Step, Edward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. no dated but price label of 7/6 net. pp. xvi, 143 [6]. "With 8 original coloured plates, 132 drawings by the author". Original jacket large piece at top of spine and rear panel, professionally repaired, with acid free paper. Cloth binding with attractive black illustration to front board and black lettering to the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, top edge a little dust soiled. A very good copy in an attractive dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036464
- Title
- TOADSTOOL AND MUSHROOMS OF THE COUNTYSIDE A Pocket Guide to the Large Fungi
- Author
- Step, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fungi;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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