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Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada by Schmidt, Karl, & Dwight Davis
- Bookseller: Schroeder's Book Haven
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: B0598
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New York: Putnam, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. 365 pages.
Description
New York: Putnam, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. 365 pages. . 4" X 6" Illustrated with four color plates, 103 line drawings, and 82 photographs from life. NOT EX-LIBRARY. Colorful Dj worn edges, chips & small tears. VG/Good. Clean, tight, PON stamped FEP & top edge. Other PON marked thru. .
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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