Wild Life Across the World
by Kearton, Cherry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Kearton, Cherry. Type: Z 286pp. A super copy. Not date. Circa 1920. Gilt embossed image of a wolfs head to the front board and gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. Illustrated with numerous full page b/w photographic plates, including a frontispiece plate with tissue guard. One corner is lightly bumped and a couple of other corners are slightly turned in. Light foxing to the fore edges, preliminary blank page and to the margins of a few pages. No inscriptions. Otherwise the book is clean and tight. A very well preserved, very fresh copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213076
- Title
- Wild Life Across the World
- Author
- Kearton, Cherry
- Illustrator
- Kearton, Cherry
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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