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SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
by Johnson, Myrtle Elizabeth and Harry James Snook
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus / Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.3 in., pp. xiv, [2], 659. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis and ten additional color plates, and many black and white photos and ink drawings. With glossary, index, and bibliography. Light green cloth boards and embossed frame in blind, title in dark green, and beautiful bright gilt embossed design of a seashell to front. Gilt title and dark green seashell to spine. Very light shelf-wear. Sunning to dustjacket, turning the original green to tan. LIght rubbing to dustjacket edges with a couple small chips. Moisture stain to top of dustjacket spine. Price clipped. Originally published in 1927.
Rare to find in its dustjacket!
Rare to find in its dustjacket!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87240
- Title
- SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
- Author
- Johnson, Myrtle Elizabeth and Harry James Snook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus / Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Molluscs, Pacific Northwest, tidal life
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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