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The Birds of the British Isles. Third Series Comprising Their Migration and Habits and Observations on Our Rarer Visitants
by T. A. Coward
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd., 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Reprint. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Colour illustrated and black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout with markings to first few pages. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Creasing to front board. Small stains to both boards. Gilt lettering is faded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1627022195ADA
- Title
- The Birds of the British Isles. Third Series Comprising Their Migration and Habits and Observations on Our Rarer Visitants
- Author
- T. A. Coward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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