Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 239 pp, acknowledgments, list of illustrations, introduction, The Big Land Birds; Eagles and Their Kin; Owls and Frogmouths; Water-Lovers; Pigeons and Doves, Quails; The Parrot Tribe; Birds of the Sea; The Waders; Australia's Wonder Birds; Jungle-Dwellers; Kingfishers, Cuckoos, and Others; The Honeyeaters; Song Birds; Song Birds of the Eastern Hemisphere; Australian Finches; In Black and White; Introduced Species; index with 47 illustrations including seven in full color. Reprinted, 1947. Not Price Cliped. Stamped name on front pastedown. Two 1/2" square chips to bottom edge dj with light wear to bottom edge of faded spine of same. Only the slightest edge wear with small specked stains at top text block edge near spine with faintly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003906
Title: Australian Bird Life
Author: Barrett, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good + +
Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: Melbourne
Date Published: 1947
Keywords: PLANTS & ANIMALS AUSTRALIA BIRDS AND BIRD LIFE FIELD STUDY
Bookseller catalogs: PLANTS & ANIMALS;
Size: 12mo

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...