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BIRDS' NESTS, EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING Illustrated with 22 Coloured Plates [Relfe Brothers Limited Bindery Prize- binding]
by Kearton, R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. pp. 96; 22 coloured plates by AFL (A. F. Lydon), all with original tissue guards. Privately bound polished calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers of London for Llandaff Cathedral School, gilt vignette to the front board of the cathedral, gilt decoration to the spine and boards, spine label missing, a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prize plate dated 1908 signed by the head of the time on the front pastedown, ornate marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, hinges good and strong, light foxing to a few tissue guards and text pages, all plates uneffected and clean.. A very good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036015
- Title
- BIRDS' NESTS, EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING Illustrated with 22 Coloured Plates [Relfe Brothers Limited Bindery Prize- binding]
- Author
- Kearton, R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - General; Oology;
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Loe Books
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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