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The Fishes Of The British Isles Both Fresh Water And Salt.
J. Travis Jenkins
1925
Frederick Warne & Co Ltd : London
6.5" by 4.5"
vii, 376pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this illustrated work from the 'Wayside and Woodland' series on Fishes from the British isles by J. Travis Jenkins, in the scarce unclipped dust wrapper.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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EU Postage: £ 13.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition.
Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland' series.
In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped scarce dust wrapper.
Illustrated with 278 illustrations over 143 plates, 128 of which are in full colour, including a colour frontispiece. Collated complete.
This work was written by J. Travis Jenkins and provides a comprehensive study of fresh and saltwater fish from the British Isles including carps, sharks and rays.
Publisher's advertisements to the rear and an advert for this volume loosely inserted.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is very smart with small chips to the head and tail, a small closed tear to the tail of the front, handling marks and the odd small mark to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages with the odd minor spot only. An Advert for this volume and a new volume, 'The World in the Past', loosely inserted.
Overall Condition: Near Fine Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
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.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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