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THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE (NN 29)
by Butler, Colin G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Published by Collins, 1958. Hardback. Good/Very Good. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper. New Naturalist No. 29. Green cloth, gilt titles. Two colour photos and 87 b/w photos. Reprint. Text block browned and foxed. Pastedowns have surface paper loss (tape removal?). Front endpaper has previous owner's personalised bookplate and date in ink. A few pencil annotations to margins else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (normal for this series) and a little grubby to rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- Stella & Rose's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1827224
- Title
- THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE (NN 29)
- Author
- Butler, Colin G
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Collins
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST BEES INSECT ENTOMOLOGY BEE KEEPING
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About the Seller
Stella & Rose's Books
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen
About Stella & Rose's Books
About Stella & Rose's BooksWe have an extensive shop situated in the beautiful and historic village of Tintern in the Wye Valley on the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.Located in the lovely village of Tintern - well known for its ancient abbey - Stella & Rose's Books has been established since 1991 and typically has up to 30,000 books in stock on many subjects but with particular emphasis on Natural History, Transport including Motor Sport, History, Art, Military, Childrens and Science & Technology.Stella & Rose's Books have received consistent praise - and awards - for our customer service, and books are carefully packaged in professional book boxes to ensure that they reach you in the best possible condition.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Text Block
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