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EGGS OF THE BRITISH BIRDS With an Account of their Breeding-Habits: LIMICOLAE
by Poynting, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: R. H. Porter, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (30 x 23 cm). 1895-1896 , 4to , i-xvi, 54 fine coloured lithograph plates drawn by the author each illustrating a number of eggs of each species. The accompanying letterpress has been neatly numbered in pencil (possibly by the publisher as we have seen other copies paginated thus). Publisher's half maroon morocco with marbled boards and end papers,top edge gilt, the wrappers to the original four parts have been bound at rear . Binding a little rubbed, with slight chipping to the leather at the head and tail of spine, but a very presentable copy . Contents tight, a little foxing and spotting but more or less confined to the text and original wrappers, (a few plates slightly affected) more noticeable to the endpapers and first and last few pages but less than normal. Some of the plates towards the front of the book affected by a waterstain to the bottom edge - 15 of which not affecting the illustration, 1 affecting the illustration and 5 very slightly stained, the remainder more or less clean. The book was issued in four parts between October 1895 and July 1896. Overall a good/very good copy of this important oological work that covers the Limicolae i.e. the plovers and sandpipers..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033922
- Title
- EGGS OF THE BRITISH BIRDS With an Account of their Breeding-Habits: LIMICOLAE
- Author
- Poynting, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. H. Porter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 4to (30 x 23 cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oology;
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- Marbled boards
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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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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Remainder
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