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Western Butterflies. The Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, The Peterson Field Guide Series. Collector's Lifetime Edition
by James W. Tilden and Arthur Clayton Smith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1986. Part of the Easton Press 50th Anniversary edition of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. Full bright red leather lettered and decorated in gold and silver gilt, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmark. Gilt spine lettering oxidized but legible, otherwise near fine condition with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, unused special bookplate laid in loosely at the front.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042365
- Title
- Western Butterflies. The Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, The Peterson Field Guide Series. Collector's Lifetime Edition
- Author
- James W. Tilden and Arthur Clayton Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NATURE NATURAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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