Wild Life Of Britain:
by Darling, F Fraser
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK ?The ?Britain in Pictures series,? No.52.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1943* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover. White and light-green paper covered boards. White title & logo to spine. Slight rubs at head & tail and corners. Some age marks to spine. VG* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and sewn binding tight. No annotations or inscriptions. No foxing. VG+* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour, 29 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Sir Frank Fraser Darling was an ecologist with a particular interest and knowledge of the Highlands of Scotland. He was an authority on conservation and amongst other appointments he was a UNESCO representative. Chapters in this volume are: The Country, The Creatures, History and Natural History, The naturalists, The Present and The Future.* A VERY GOOD copy of the first edition thus in this collectable series but with no dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4769
- Title
- Wild Life Of Britain:
- Author
- Darling, F Fraser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus,
- Publisher
- William Collins Of London 1943:
- Place of Publication
- London UK 0
- Date Published
- 1943-01-01
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Crisp
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Spine
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