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A History of the Rarer British Birds with a Catalogue of British Birds
by Eyton, T.C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. Good. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836 Hardcover Good 8vo Dark green quarter leather binding with textured cloth boards, gilt titles on spine Spine shows shelf wear, particularly at base & top (see pictures) Vi + 101pp dealing with the history of the birds, illustrated with numerous woodcuts in text; vi + 67pp of the catalogue Ex reference library with pictorial bookplate on rear pastedown, sticker mark on front pastedown, single stamp on front endpaper & upper edge, handwritten number on reverse of title page & front pastedown, occasional blind stamps Inner book is clean and in very good condition
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 719
- Title
- A History of the Rarer British Birds with a Catalogue of British Birds
- Author
- Eyton, T.C
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1836
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- birds, ornithology, natural history,british wildlife, wildfowl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Natural History;
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