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Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands; With Some Insight into the Microscopic Beauties of Their Structure and Fructification.
Louisa Lane Clarke
c1881
Frederick Warne and Co. : London
6.5" by 4"
140pp. [3]
SUMMARY
Louisa Lane Clarke's scarce guide to British common seaweeds with tinted plates.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Reprint. First published in 1865.
Illustrated with ten tinted plates, including a frontispiece. Collated complete.
This work was written by British botanist and writer Louisa Lane Clarke who was best known for her work on microscopic plants. This work provides a description of various British seaweeds, with additional details on their microscopic spore bearing structure.
In the publisher's original paper boards.
Undated. Dated by copies held at the Haiti Trust Library.
Advertisements to the rear pages and to the rear board.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original paper boards. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, slight marks to the boards, bumping to the head and tail of the spine, small closed tears to the head of the spine, spotting to the rear board and rubbing to the paper to the head and tail of the spine and to the joints. Light offsetting to the free endpapers with a bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages and the odd spot to the extremities only. A closed tear to the head of the frontispiece professionally repaired with binder's tape.
Overall Condition: Very Good
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Overall Condition
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Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
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Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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