Natural History: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits, Manners and Customs of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc.
by Miles, Alfred H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to edges and endpapers.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to edges and endpapers.. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 385pp. 20 vibrant chromolithographs of animals and birds. Green decorative cloth with rhino head on front boards. Top edges gilt. Handsome engraved bookplate of philanthropist Agnes Thompson Allerton. Some unopened pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57528
- Title
- Natural History: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits, Manners and Customs of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc.
- Author
- Miles, Alfred H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to edges and endpapers.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Natural History, Chromolithographs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Unopened
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