Author: James Edmund Harting
Title: Rambles in Search of Shells, Land and Freshwater
Description: London, John Van Voorst , 1875. First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of this charming study of snails and their shells, illustrated with colour plates. The scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nine further colour plates. Collated, complete. A delightful commentary on various species of mollusca, including the internal structure, distributions and classifications of British Mollusca, medicinal properties of snails, shells found in London waters, pond and river shells, the Pearl Mussel and more. Written by English ornithologist and naturalist, James Edmund Harting. He edited The Zoologist from 1877-1896 and was widely considered an authority on British birds.With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot or mark to the pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Rambles in Search of Shells, Land and Freshwater Natural History Colour Plates James Edmund Harting Natural History Not Stated
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Title: Rambles in Search of Shells, Land and Freshwater
Description: London, John Van Voorst , 1875. First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of this charming study of snails and their shells, illustrated with colour plates. The scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nine further colour plates. Collated, complete. A delightful commentary on various species of mollusca, including the internal structure, distributions and classifications of British Mollusca, medicinal properties of snails, shells found in London waters, pond and river shells, the Pearl Mussel and more. Written by English ornithologist and naturalist, James Edmund Harting. He edited The Zoologist from 1877-1896 and was widely considered an authority on British birds.With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot or mark to the pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Rambles in Search of Shells, Land and Freshwater Natural History Colour Plates James Edmund Harting Natural History Not Stated
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 954Y11
- Book number: 954Y11
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