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Birds of New Guinea (2 Volumes)
by Tom Iredale
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lilian Medland. 1st Edition. 2 vols. 4to's. vol1 xv + pp230. vol2 xv + pp259, complete with 35 full-page coloured plates figuring 347 species by Lilian Medland and fold out map to back of vol2. Both volumes bound in original quarter green morocco with gilt decoration to spine over cream cloth boards, bindings in very good condition with a tiny amount of shelf wear to top and tails of spine and a few small scratches to boards. Inside Both volumes all pages with top edge gilt pages in near fine condition. A very good two volume set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MY-1EYC-GKSR
- Title
- Birds of New Guinea (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Tom Iredale
- Illustrator
- Lilian Medland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Georgian House
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- birds
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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