BIRDS IN TOWN & VILLAGE
by (Detmold, E.J.). Hudson, W. H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1920).. (1920).. Fair. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with the title and a vignette of a bird stamped in gilt on the front cover. There is dampstaining to front edges of the covers and a small white stain to the rear cover. The spine is faded and stained. ix, [iii] & 323 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece & 7 color plates by E. J. Detmold. The front hinge is cracked opposite the frontispiece. There is evidence of slight early worming to the front margins of pages 145-174, not affecting the text. There is some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves and a few pages of text. A good reading copy. <p>First American edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16721
- Title
- BIRDS IN TOWN & VILLAGE
- Author
- (Detmold, E.J.). Hudson, W. H
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1920).
- Date Published
- (1920).
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY; BIRDS; BRITISH BIRDS; NATURALIST; BIRDS IN TOWN & VILLAGE; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR FRONTISPIECE; BRITISH; W. H. HUDSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; E. J. DETMOLD; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; ORNITHOLOGY; COLOR PLATES; ILLUST
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Vignette
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Hinge
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- Leaves
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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