London: John Van Voorst, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. .."Illustrated by nearly 200 woodcuts." Bound with leather over the spine and corners, 5 raised bands along the spine, black leather title plate with gilt titles and gilt lines along edges of the raised bands. Green cloth covered boards. Some rubbing to boaards, top layer of leather scraped here and there, including to a small area of the title plate. Marbled page edges all around, and marbled end papers. Hinge and text-block tight. Owner's bookplate inside the front. Silk ribbon attached. Some light foxing to the preliminary pages thereafter remarkably clear, pages smooth and clean, with lovely wood-cuts within text. Artist not named.

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Livreiro: David's Bookshop (GB)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: 036016
Título: A History of British Quadrupeds, Including The Cetacea
Autor: Thomas Bell
Formato/Encadernação: Capa dura
Estado do livro: Usado - Muito Bom
Condição de sobrecapa: No Jacket
Quantidade Disponível: 1
Edição: 1st Edition
Editorial: John Van Voorst
Local de publicação: London
Data de publicação: 1837
Dimensão: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾

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Open since 1963, David's Bookshop & Music Shop are located in two linked shops in Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City, only a few minutes walk from Morrisons supermarket, the railway station and Letchworth Shopping Centre. There is ample parking nearby. As the world's first Garden City, Letchworth has much to offer visitors. We stock books and guides about Letchworth's past and present. At the Bookshop you will find a comprehensive range of fiction, non-fiction, text books, maps and best-sellers in stock. Travellers, walkers, computer users and local historians are especially well catered for. We can supply any book in print and there are always many titles on special offer. The book collector - or second-hand browser - can check out a growing selection of our 15,000 second-hand and antiquarian books available for purchase through the internet. If you have good quality books to sell - bring them in for a quick appraisal and a fair offer. You can rely upon our staff's advice who really know about books. Contact us online at www.davids-bookshops.co.uk.

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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