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The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign.
by BLAKSTON, W. A., SWAYSLAND, W., WIENER, August F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1878. First edition. Hardback in more recent attractive three quarters chestnut morocco, with marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. New endpapers. Illustrated with gorgeous colour chromolithographic plates (including frontispiece). Many in text b/w illustrations. Boards in very good condition. Contents in good clean condition with a little light foxing to extremities of a few pages. Small pencil and ink inscription to FFEP. Owner's name to Top of title. Undated, but WORLDCAT states 1878. viii, 448 pp. 280 x 220 mm (11 x 8¾ inches).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3852
- Title
- The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign.
- Author
- BLAKSTON, W. A., SWAYSLAND, W., WIENER, August F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris & New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- birds, exotic birds, first edition, nature, natural science, illustrated, British, UK, colour plates, cage bird, canary, love birds, parakeets, Ornithologie, Ornithology,,plate book,
Terms of Sale
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
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may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
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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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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