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BIRDS OF AMERICA by PEARSON, T. GILBERT, EDITOR-IN CHIEF
- Bookseller: Bookmaven, Inc.
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 3097
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Garden City Publishing,
- Place: Garden City, New York:
- Date published: 1936
Description
Garden City, New York:: Garden City Publishing,, 1936. First edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. A comprehensive study on Birds of America with contributions from many well known Orinthologists; naturalists, and material from the Audubon Society. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color; 106 full page color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (b. 1874-1927, Ithaca, N.Y. our Nations most notable ornithological painter since Audubon). Including several pages of color illustrated bird egg identification (plate 3 & 4 have a partial scuff mark to 3 eggs, not limiting their identification). Mild random foxing and finger smudges, marginal. Text very clean, plates vibrantly colored (taken from the original paintings in the New York State Museum at Albany). Green illustrated end papers, upper edge of f.e.p. previous owners oblong sticker. Front hinge cracked, binding solid. Green cloth boards stamped with birds. Few scratches, browning of edges and spine, spine ends mildly frayed, edges rubbed. A valuable and large study of orintholgy. 4 to, 289 pp
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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