The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs; Second Series
by T.A. Coward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1936. Sixth Edition. 402 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over decorated brown cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is bowed and forward leaning. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1646164377LEE
- Title
- The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs; Second Series
- Author
- T.A. Coward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1936
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...