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Toadstools and Mushrooms of the Countryside: A Pocket guide to Larger Fungi: With eight coloured plates and 132 illustrations from photographs by the author printed on art paper.
by Edward Step F.L.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$84.09NZ$63.07
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About This Item
Toadstools and Mushrooms of the Countryside: A Pocket guide to Larger Fungi by Edward Step F.L.S. With eight coloured plates and 132 illustrations from photographs by the author printed on art paper. Hardback, circa 1910, published by Hutchinson and Co., London, 143 pages + 6-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Quarto/4to, measures around 6 3/8" by 4 1/2" by 1". No dust jacket. Green cloth binding, black lettering and pictorial detail to front board, black lettering to spine. Scuffing and some patches of discolouration to binding, a little marking but reasonably clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Some slackness to binding but contents reasonably tight. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Slight marking to endpapers, creasing to rear free endpaper, the odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-575
- Title
- Toadstools and Mushrooms of the Countryside: A Pocket guide to Larger Fungi
- Author
- Edward Step F.L.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1910
- Pages
- 143+
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Cloth
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