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Rare and modern books

Clegg John

The Observer's Book of Pond Life. Illustrated by E.C. Mansell. EARLY ISSUE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Warne, 1956

20.70 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1956
Author
Clegg John
Publishers
Frederick Warne
Keyword
natural history, pond life, observers books, john clegg, observer's books, observer's, book, pond, life
Languages
English

Description

Sm. 8vo., with 32 coloured plates and 16 plates in monochrome by Mansell, 16 photographs by the author, numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper charts; original pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Observer 24. Print code 934.156. 'A classic, perhaps the most successful natural history title after Birds, it was first devised as a companion to the author's Freshwater Life of the British Isles' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter p.160.