Morning Flight (Signed FIRST EDITION with Dust Jacket): A Book of Wildfowl
by Scott, Peter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
London: Country Life Limited, 1936. FIRST TRADE EDITION with tipped in signature of Peter Scott on the half title page. Full blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Moderate wear to the extremities. Jacket is not price-clipped but is has been tape reinforced at the top & bottom of the spine and the the top corner. Lightly soiled. Previous owner's bird bookplate on front free endpage, previous owner's signature "Eugene E Murphy" and the note "Given to me by Mrs. Mruphy, Augusta, Aug. 1952". Overall a GOOD book in a GOOD minus jacket. A gift item for the collector who can't afford the "first, first" edition. Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, FZS, (September 14, 1909 – August 29, 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sportsman. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Peter Scott. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014316
- Title
- Morning Flight (Signed FIRST EDITION with Dust Jacket): A Book of Wildfowl
- Author
- Scott, Peter
- Illustrator
- Peter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Country Life Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- xyz
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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....
- Tipped In
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
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