Comparative Oology of North American Birds
by Shufeldt, R.W
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1894 Fair. Large Octavo. 36 pages. Offprint from the Report of the United States National Museum for 1892. Tears in cover at head and tail of spine; stains and sticker on front cover; water damage on fore edge of pamphlet has created stains on covers and wrinkling in text; text yellowed but not brittle..
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 999229
- Title
- Comparative Oology of North American Birds
- Author
- Shufeldt, R.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1894
- Keywords
- ORNITHOLOGY
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Offprint
- A copy of an article or reference material that once appeared in a larger publication.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....