- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Alan's Books, Rugby, United KingdomAlan's Books
AbeBooks seller since October 11, 2011
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 22.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Island Years by F Fraser Darling, with many fine photographs by the author. Published by G Bell and sons Ltd., 1944, first edition. Hard cover with dustwrapper which is in good condition with a few small tears to edges and corners; one bigger tear at back. Not price clipped. Beige cloth binding with brown title and illustration to spine. In good condition with bumped corners and top and bottom of spine. No inscriptions etc and contents are fine. 'Island Years' is the story of the life which Dr Darling and his family, like a modern Swiss Family Robinson, have lived on the lonely, uninhabited Scottish islands to which his study of seals and birds has taken them.
Seller Inventory # 267
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Island Years
- Author
- F Fraser Darling
- Publisher
- G Bell
- Publication year
- 1944
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Nature, Nature- Birds, Scottish Islands
Alan's Books
Rugby, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since October 11, 2011
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 27.00 | £ 33.00 |
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Large collection of old, rare and interesting books
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Biography and Autobiography, History, including wars, Old books in fine bindings, Modern first editions, Natural history and science, Politics and religion, Collectable illustrators, Maps, travel and transportation, Art and literature, Collectable children's booksSeller's business information
Alan's Books
United Kingdom
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