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A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals culled from five centuries of travelers accounts, natural histories, zoologies and authors. Completed with wonderful illustrations.
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An Odd Bestiary
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University of Illinois Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0252013530
ISBN 13: 9780252013539
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. b/w Illustration By Joseph Pierre Nuyttens (illustrator). Second Printing. In white pictorial jacket over clothbacked boards with gilt spine titling, 4to, unpag. Illustrated. (light shelfwear and browning to jacket at spine). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 0820254
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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals, culled from five centuries of travelers' accounts, natural histories, zoologies, etc. by authors famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. [76] leaves ill. 29 cm. (alk. paper) Bibliography: leaves [63]-[75]. 'A Cheloniidae Press book.' Box number: GR0007. ; 1st printing. Seller Inventory # NOID4005
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An Odd Bestiary; or, A Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary
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An Odd Bestiary or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Description of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Designed and Illustrated By Alan James Robinson (illustrator). A Cheloniidae Press Book. Plain off white cloth binding with red spine. Gilt title, authors and publisher on spine. Top front and back corners of binding bumped. White illustrated dust jacket is in good condition but shows soil. Content clean and sound. Seller Inventory # 004408
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AN ODD BESTIARY: OR, A COMPENDIUM OF INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ANIMALS, CULLED FROM FIVE CENTURIES OF TRAVELERS' ACCOUNTS, NATURAL HISTORIES, ZOOLOGIES, & C. BY AUTHORS FAMOUS AND OBSCURE, ARRANGED AS AN ABECEDARY
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VG+/VG. Sticker residue on front endpaper. Slight rubbing and small pea-sized stain as well as some other surface dirt on the dust jacket. ; Designed and illustrated by Alan James Robinson; Text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to - 11" to 13" tall. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson. First Trade Edition. Binding is Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 27287
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An Odd Bestiary
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robinson, Alan James (illustrator). (Originally published, 1982, A Cheloniidaue Press Book) Very large, very heavy sturdy book, shiny red cloth spine, tan cloth boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers. Beautiful antique sketches of wildlife with quotations in red, an extensive Bibliography section giving sources and more details. Ink name at top inside front cover of well-known Florida artist Laurence Donovan. DJ heavy paper, tan background with three small sketches of animals on front, red and black lettering. DJ lightly browned along edges. DJ has very tiny tear at top front edge near spine, tiny tear at spine bottom left edge, tiny hole at bottom front bookfold edge near tip, praise on back from artist Barry Moser, poet Richard Wilbur and others. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Seller Inventory # 51182
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An Odd Bestiary
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1986
ISBN 10: 0252013530
ISBN 13: 9780252013539
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Alan James Robinson (illustrator). 1st Edition. A clean unmarked copy in excellent condition. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Seller Inventory # 006273