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The Moths of the British Isles. Series 1 and 2 Two Volume Set. Wayside & Woodland Series
by SOUTH, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Moths of the British Isles. Series 1 and 2 Two Volume Set. Wayside & Woodland Series
SOUTH, Richard
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1946-1948, hardbacks with dust wrappers, VG/vg, blue and green/gilt embossed boards, decorative end papers, blue sprinkled edges, colour frontispieces in addition to colour and b/w figures throughout texts, Vol 1. 360 pp, Vol 2. 399 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to head and tail of spines, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, dust staining to top edges. Wrappers of both volumes are clean, bumps to edges and corners, spine strips sunned, now wrapped in acid-free archive film, prices not clipped, related ephemera included:- original purchase receipt from publishers. Two lovely copies.
NATURAL HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES, LEPIDOPTEROLOGY, BRITISH MOTHS, IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING COLUR, WINGS AND ANTENNA, SPECICES DISTRIBUTION, HABITATS, LIFE CYCLES, FULLY ILLUSTRATED, TWO VOLUME SET
46491 NAT HIST £26.50
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46491
- Title
- The Moths of the British Isles. Series 1 and 2 Two Volume Set. Wayside & Woodland Series
- Author
- SOUTH, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946-1948
- Pages
- 360 pp. & 399 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES, LEPIDOPTEROLOGY, BRITISH MOTHS, IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING COLUR, WINGS AND ANTENNA, SPECICES DISTRIBUTION, HABITATS, LIFE CYCLES, FULLY ILLUSTRATED, TWO VOLUME SET
- Bookseller catalogs
- NAT HIST countryside;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Daisyroots Books Ltd
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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