Habits and Characteristics of Animals and Birds
by Brown, Captain Thomas:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
James Blackwood 1870 GOOD+ no dj . lovely blue and gilt decorative boards. spine covering is dulled/sunned with some small splits and rubbing. corners rubbed and rolled but no significant loss. ffep showing an old repaired seam - neatly done, and some isolated tarnish points. text block edges gilt and clean. internally, showing its 100 years + age - with ligth tanning and some foxing. all pages present and tightly bound in, save for the contents page which is laid in. no inscriptions or marginalia. An interesting companion guide on animals and birds. With eight full plate illustrations of various animals and birds throughout. Collated, complete. Captain Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist. This guide includes information on several amphibious animals, monkeys, pouched animals, as well as various birds from grouse to owl and song birds
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- Bookseller
- lobstabooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40163
- Title
- Habits and Characteristics of Animals and Birds
- Author
- Brown, Captain Thomas:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Blackwood 1870
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Marginalia
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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....
- Plate
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- Good+
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