{"product_id":"1913-reptiles-and-amphibians-by-a-nicol-simpson-peeps-at-nature-series-first-edition-copy","title":"1914 Common British Beetles by Rev Charles A Hall; Peeps at Nature Series First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful First Edition of Common British Beetles by Rev Charles A Hall made up part of the Peeps at Nature series. It was published by A \u0026amp; C Black in 1914 and was the first edition of this popular work.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is bound in blue cloth with pretty floral decoration to the front board and spine. The front has a pasted on illustration. It's in very good condition but there is some fading to the cloth, particularly the spine. The corners are lightly worn, with bumping to the bottom corners. There is faint scratching to the back board, whilst crushing to the spine ends has caused minor splitting in the cloth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, there is a name and date in pen to the front free endpaper and an old pencilled price to the front pastedown. The pages show light age toning and scattered foxing but the text is clear and bright. The tissue guard for the frontispiece is tanned, as are the free endpapers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features stunning plates in both colour and in black and white. There are also some black and white illustrations within the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions approximately 19.6cm x 14.1cm x 1.9cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll books purchased will be hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Vintage Bookworm UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57254676300149,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/9271\/8525\/files\/F7F4194D-7DBA-42C0-B59D-E2C6EF3D8F30.jpg?v=1780680580","url":"https:\/\/thevintagebookworm.co.uk\/products\/1913-reptiles-and-amphibians-by-a-nicol-simpson-peeps-at-nature-series-first-edition-copy","provider":"The Vintage Bookworm UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}