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Woodward.COINS AND TOKENS (English).ByLlewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A.London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.Transcriber's Notes:The 2 pages of advertisements preceding the title page have been moved to the end of this book.The half-title page has been removed.Obvious printing mistakes have been corrected.Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and accents remain as in the original unless noted below.Introduction, "Linnean" changed to "Linnæan" ("By the Linnæan system").Page 10, "Hawk flies" changed to "Hawk Flies."Page 15, "Section 3" changed to "Section 2."Page 39, "fulfed" changed to "fullfed".Page 43, "PSEUDONEUROPTERA" changed to "PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA."Page 52, "reins" changed to "veins."Page 55, illustration caption: "Fig. 8" changed to "Fig. 68."Page 95, "Family 1" changed to "Family 12."Page 103, "Fig. 145" changed to "Fig. 146."Page 106, "Piophila-casei" changed to "Piophila casei."Page 107, "Tribe VI" changed to "Tribe IV."
SPINK & SON,
THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED
Dealers in Coins & Medals,
17 & 18 PICCADILLY, W., AND1 & 2 GRACECHURCH STREET, E.C.,LONDON,
Beg respectfully to announce that they
PURCHASE OR VALUE
COLLECTIONS OR SINGLE SPECIMENS OF
Gold and Silver Coins and Medals,
PROOFS, PATTERNS, ETC.,
ALSO
NUMISMATIC BOOKS
CABINETS, ETC.,
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SPINK & SON, Established 1772.
Coins & Medals Bought, Sold, Valued or Exchanged.
SPINK & SON,
THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED
DEALERS IN COINS AND MEDALS,
1 & 2 GRACECHURCH STREET, E.C., and17 & 18 PICCADILLY, W.,LONDON,
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HAVE FOR SALE
THE FOLLOWING SPECIALITIES AT LOW PRICES:—
Read Spink & Son's "MONTHLY NUMISMATIC CIRCULAR," SampleNumber Gratis, and Post Free.
All Coins and Medals guaranteed genuine.
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Aveling (Dr. E.).—INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF BOTANY.With 271 Illustrations. 4s.6d.
—— AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GEOLOGY.Fully Illustrated.
Castle (Lewis)—FLOWER GARDENING FOR AMATEURS: in Town, Suburban, and Country Gardens. Illustrated. 2s.6d.Cheap Edition. 1s.
Clement (Dr. E.).—TABULAR VIEW OF GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.Limp cloth. 1s.
Harting (J. E.).—OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS: an Account of the Migratory Birds which pass the Summer in the British Islands. With 30 Woodcuts byBewick. 8vo, gilt edges. 7s.6d.
Hatch (Dr. F. H.).—AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PETROLOGY.43 Cuts. 3s.6d.Second Edition.
Hay (W. de Lisle)—THE FUNGUS-HUNTER'S GUIDE.Fully Illustrated and Interleaved with Writing-Paper for Field Memoranda. Limp cloth. 3s.6d.
Mayne-Reid (Capt.).—THE NATURALIST IN SILURIA.Illustrated. 3s.6d.
Montagu (Colonel)—DICTIONARY OF BRITISH BIRDS.Edited byEdward Newman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 8vo. 7s.6d.
Roberts (Dr. C.).—THE NATURALIST'S DIARY: a Day-Book of Meteorology, Phenology, and Rural Biology. With Coloured Flower Chart. 8vo. Limp cloth. 2s.6d.
White (Gilbert)—THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE.Standard Edition byBennett, thoroughly revised, with additional notes, byJ. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Engravings byBewick,Harvey, and others. 8vo. Cloth. 4s.net.
[Standard Authors Series.
Presentation Edition, cloth extra, full gilt side and edges. 7s.6d.
Wood (Theodore)—THE FARMER'S FRIENDS AND FOES: a Popular Treatise on the various Animals which affect British Agriculture beneficially or injuriously. Illustrated. 3s.6d.
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"They contain just the kind and amount of information required.... It is not easy to understand how works like these, written by men of science in the various departments, can be made a commercial success. Certainly nothing but the enormous circulation which they well deserve can render them so."—Knowledge.
"We have seen nothing better than this series. It is cheap, concise, and practical."—Saturday Review.
"We are glad to call attention to this excellent series of handbooks, which deserve to be widely known.... We are glad to see the staff of the British Museum thus coming forward to make popular the stores of learning which they have.... The illustrations are uniformly good—far better than in many expensive books."—Academy.
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.,London.
The Young Collector Series.
Each Volume is very fully illustrated with practical woodcuts, and bound in flat cloth extra,1s.each(post free, 1s.2d.).
"They contain just the kind and amount of information required.... It is not easy to understand how works like these, written by men of science in the various departments, can be made a commercial success. Certainly nothing but the enormous circulation which they well deserve can render them so."—Knowledge.
"We have seen nothing better than this series. It is cheap, concise, and practical."—Saturday Review.
"We are glad to call attention to this excellent series of handbooks, which deserve to be widely known.... We are glad to see the staff of the British Museum thus coming forward to make popular the stores of learning which they have.... The illustrations are uniformly good—far better than in many expensive books."—Academy.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
Transcriber's Notes:The 2 pages of advertisements preceding the title page have been moved to the end of this book.The half-title page has been removed.Obvious printing mistakes have been corrected.Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and accents remain as in the original unless noted below.Introduction, "Linnean" changed to "Linnæan" ("By the Linnæan system").Page 10, "Hawk flies" changed to "Hawk Flies."Page 15, "Section 3" changed to "Section 2."Page 39, "fulfed" changed to "fullfed".Page 43, "PSEUDONEUROPTERA" changed to "PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA."Page 52, "reins" changed to "veins."Page 55, illustration caption: "Fig. 8" changed to "Fig. 68."Page 95, "Family 1" changed to "Family 12."Page 103, "Fig. 145" changed to "Fig. 146."Page 106, "Piophila-casei" changed to "Piophila casei."Page 107, "Tribe VI" changed to "Tribe IV."
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