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A History of British Fishes.
de Yarrell, W
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 3rd. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1859. Two volume set with portrait frontis. of Yarrell and illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. 8vo. AEG. Hardbacks. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of J. Lawson Whalley to front paste downs. Contents exceptionally clean and bright. Marbled endpapers. Original full calf binding in wonderful, nr. fine, condition with gilt tooling to edges and inner dentelles, richly gilt decorated spines with raised bands. A quite superb set. The third and final edition published after the death of William Yarrell. Illustrated by 522 wood-engravings. The work was edited by Sir John Richardson who also provided a memoir of Yarrell. According to Westwood & Satchell in Bibliotheca Piscatoria this set is "Indispensable."
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- A History of British Fishes.
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- Yarrell, W
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- 3rd. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1859
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- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history
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C.Arden Bookseller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Sobre C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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