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Beetles of the British Isles
by E. F. Linssen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". Not stated. The first edition of the first series of this guidebook for Beetles in Britain with colour plates and in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Beetles of the British Isles by E. F. Linssen in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper.Complete in two volumes, this is Volume I.Comprising of the superfamilies caraboidea, palpicornia, staphylinoidea and diversicornia. With nineteen colour plates, twenty monochrome plates and text figures and diagrams throughout the text. Collated, complete.Includes four pages of blank notes pages to the rear. Insert included of a page from Entomologist's Record Volume 72 with a review of the book from 1960. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has some slight wear to the extremities. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The front hinge is slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 832W12
- Title
- Beetles of the British Isles
- Author
- E. F. Linssen
- Illustrator
- Not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- Beetles British Topography First edition First series British Topography Colour plates
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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