Sports Afield Collection of Know Your Ducks and Geese
by Angus H.Shortt, B.W.Cartwright
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0910990557
- ISBN 13
- 9780910990554
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Hearst Books, 1973 Hearst Books, New York. 1973. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1948 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; light shelfwear to tips, head, and tail. No DJ as issued. Red padded leatherette boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Unpaginated Folio. This book contains copies of the 36 ducks and geese paintings by the authors that were published from 1946-49 in Sports Afield Magazine. The colored illustrations depict the male and female of the species in full flight in nuptial plumage along with sketches of the birds on the water and map showing the known distribution in North America. Al the prints have been run on a special heavy paper to allow for framing by detaching them from the book. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005412
- Title
- Sports Afield Collection of Know Your Ducks and Geese
- Author
- Angus H.Shortt, B.W.Cartwright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0910990557
- ISBN 13
- 9780910990554
- Publisher
- Hearst Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- ducks, geese, nuptial plumage, Sports Afield, Ducks Unlimited, distribution maps, ornithology, courtship and nesting, American Ducks and Geese, Canadian Ducks and Geese
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories; Canadian Items;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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