London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1927. First edition.. The text is extremely bright and clean with no signs of use, a touch of wear to the outer joints; a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. ix, 471; 269 text-figures (line-drawings, half-tones and black-and-white photos). Publisher's original wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and blind-stamped in black on the front cover, 8vo. Mildly ex-library with circular blind stamp on the title page and page 99 and ink number on the preface page; no other library marks and almost no signs of use. Rare work seldom offered.

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Seller: Natural History Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 8046
Title: Handbook of the Echinoderms of the British Isles
Author: Mortensen, Th
Book Condition: Used - The text is extremely bright and clean with no signs of use, a touch of wear to the outer joints; a tight, bright and clean copy
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1927. First edition.
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.

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