Birds Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology
by Charles Dixon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Grant Richards, 1902. Hardcover. Good. 1902. No edition remarks. 285 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing, heavy foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Notable smudging to front endpaper. Heavy red paint speckling to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Moderate tanning and foxing to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Red liquid stain to rear board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1698149013ADA
- Title
- Birds Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology
- Author
- Charles Dixon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Date Published
- 1902
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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