A Manuel of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands, arranged according to the more modern systems of classification; and specimens in the author s cabinet: with coloured plates of every species.
Book Description
First edition. 12mo., viii, 152, [12] pp., coloured frontispiece and 9 coloured plates with tissue guards to rear, half-title, some pages uncut; original publisher s dark green cloth boards with paper label, final 12 pages is publisher s catalogue. One plate is annotated neatly in red ink by previous owner (see photograph). Spine repaired and title label torn, edges, corners and shoulders rubbed but internally clean and binding tight.
Author
W. Turton, M. D.
Date
1831
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co.
Condition
Good
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