MARC Record from University of Toronto

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100 1 $aLindsay, B.,$dd. 1917.
245 14 $aThe story of animal life :$bwith forty-seven illustrations /$cby B. Lindsay.
260 $aLondon :$bGeorge Newnes, Ltd.,$c1902$e(Edinburgh :$fTurnbull and Spears, Printers)
300 $aviii, [1], 10-208 p., [1] leaf of plates :$bill., 1 plate (line blocks, halftone photomechanical prints) ;$c16 cm.
440 0 $aLibrary of useful stories (London, England)
500 $aOf the diagrams which illustrate this little volume, the majority were prepared by Miss E. C. Abbott (formerly Bathurst Scholar at Newnham College, Cambridge): the sketches were made from specimens in the South Kensington Museum of Natural History, which has kindly granted permission for their use ... "--Preface.
500 $aPublisher's advertisements on p. [i-ii] at beginning listing titles in "The Library of Useful Stories. Price One Shilling Each".
500 $aPlate and illustrations are unsigned and without imprint.
500 $aIncludes "Index.": p. [204]-208.
655 7 $aHalftone photomechanical prints$xSpecimens$zScotland$y1902.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aLine blocks$xSpecimens$zScotland$y1902.$2aat
655 7 $aGold blocked bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1902.$2rbbin
655 7 $aPictorial cloth bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1902.$2rbbin
590 $aMASS copy: Bound in blue calico cloth printed in black and white with the spine blocked in gold. Upper cover printed in black and white with titling and small illustrations of various animals. Lower cover printed in black with series title: "The Library of Useful Stories". Spine with imprint: "Geo. Newnes Limited". With pale green crackle patterned endpapers. With presentation label to the Massey College Library by "Mr. Hugh Anson-Cartwright April 1983"$5CaOTMC
650 0 $aZoology.
710 2 $aTurnbull & Spears$e(printer)
949 $aMcLean D 0671$wASIS$c1$i5449210-1001$lRAREBOOKS$mMASSEY$rN$sY$tBOOK$u8/8/2005