MARVELS OF ANT LIFE
by Kirby, W.F
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: S.W. Partridge, 1898. 174pp, 16pp pub. cat. Black and white plates and text figures. An attractive royal blue cloth copy with gilt titles and block illus. to the spine and cover.Nice original presentation bookplate dated 1901 from a Macclesfield WEsleyan Sunday School. Pages trifle age toned with a trifle darkend spine but a lovely binding.. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT693
- Title
- MARVELS OF ANT LIFE
- Author
- Kirby, W.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- S.W. Partridge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'