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Beetles of the British Isles Vols I & II
by E F Linssen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1959 A very good 2 volume set of British Beetles in good dust wrappers. Bindings are bright and clean with gilt titles and beetle to front boards. Vol I has a small cloth crease to the middle of both boards; Vol II has a small cloth crease in the middle of the back board. Page edges marbled. Vol I has decorative endpapers and Vol II plain endpapers - both with an ownership signature to the fep. Vol I: First Series with 19 colour and 20 black and white plates, 300 pp with 4 plain pages for notes at the rear. Couple of tiny holes at the front endpaper joint and small repaired edge tear at the top of p 189. Contents very clean. Vol II: Second Series with 44 colour and 43 black and white plates, 295 pp. Very clean internally; light stain at the foredge. Wrappers are price clipped with a price sticker of £2.00 at the front flap. Both have light edgewear and slight loss at folds and spine ends with repair, and some surface scuffing down the folds. The wrap to Vol II has some titles on the Wayside and Woodland Series list at the back panel and flap ticked off.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033031
- Title
- Beetles of the British Isles Vols I & II
- Author
- E F Linssen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- entomology; coleoptera; wayside and woodland series; british beetles
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Entomology/Insects;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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