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Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824 with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds and for cabinets of natural history
by Charles Waterton. Edited with an Introduction by L. Harrison Matthews
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0192554050
- ISBN 13
- 9780192554055
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st Edition First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Charles Waterton. 1973 first edition. Size octavo, 9.25" tall, 230 pages. Green hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge dyed green, green paste-downs and end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good plus, gilt titles on front panel slightly rubbed, slight rubbing to corners and spine ends and folds, not price clipped. The Oxford English Memoirs and Travels series, general editor James Kinsley
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017949
- Title
- Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824 with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds and for cabinets of natural history
- Author
- Charles Waterton. Edited with an Introduction by L. Harrison Matthews
- Illustrator
- Charles Waterton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0192554050
- ISBN 13
- 9780192554055
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 230
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NON FICTION TRAVEL EXPLORATION EXPLORER ADVENTURER DISCOVERY SCIENCE RESEARCH WILDLIFE NATURE 19TH CENTURY SOUTH LATIN AMERICA
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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