Wild Animals of the British Isles. [First Large Format Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST LARGE FORMAT EDITION
Published by Warne, [1968], 1968
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United KingdomIsland Books
AbeBooks seller since December 3, 1999
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8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured and monochrome plates, numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The successor to 'Step's' Animal Life (1921), and effectively a new book substantially extended and rewritten by Burton in 1960. This is the first appearance of the work in the larger 'Reference' format. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Marren, pp. 154-156.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Wild Animals of the British Isles. [First Large Format Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST LARGE FORMAT EDITION
- Author
- BURTON Maurice
- Publisher
- Warne, [1968]
- Publication year
- 1968
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Natural History0
Island Books
Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since December 3, 1999
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