Rubbing to joints, ends of spine and corners or boards. Some loss of marbled paper at margins of boards. Small pieces of leather shaved from corners of boards. Owner's name written in ink on fore page edges. Pencil check marks to lists of shells. Minor foxing.; xiii, 140 pages + hand-coloured frontispiece + 6 hand-coloured plates with facing letterpress descriptions. Half-calf and marbled boards. Red leather spine label. Spine title: "Treatise on Conchology". Page dimensions: 191 x 116mm. Title continues: "With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; and Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells. A New Edition, With considerable Additions and Alterations, by J. Mawe".; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Describing The Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells:
Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London
Publication Date: 1827
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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