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The Birdwatcher's Companion: An Encyclopedic Handbook of North American Birdlife
by Leahy, Christopher W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0809030365
- ISBN 13
- 9780809030361
- Seller
-
Medford, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 1982. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Gordon Morrison. Presumed 1st edition signed by both author and illustrator on half-title page. Very good/very good. Blue cloth cover with gold print on spine and bird on front cover; bumped corners; slight fading on spine and edges. Tight binding; pages clean and unmarked; a few pages with slight bending on top corners. Price and date printed in pencil on ffep. DJ not price clipped and protected in mylar jacket. Slight wear to cover including a couple of tiny tears. Heavy book may require additional postage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Books and Music
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0510122
- Title
- The Birdwatcher's Companion: An Encyclopedic Handbook of North American Birdlife
- Author
- Leahy, Christopher W
- Illustrator
- Gordon Morrison
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0809030365
- ISBN 13
- 9780809030361
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BIRDS NORTH AMERICA NATURE BIRDWATCHING
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About the Seller
Village Books and Music
Biblio member since 2006
Medford, Oregon
About Village Books and Music
Independent bookstore in Southern Oregon selling used books of all ages. Over 60,000 in stock; only a fraction listed online. Large selection of Oregon history, signed First editions, collectible children's books.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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