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The great bird illustrators and their art, 1730-1930
by Skipwith, Peyton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0894790447
- ISBN 13
- 9780894790447
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: A & W Publishers, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First American Edition. Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Rem. Mk. On The Lower Page Edges. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And A One Quarter Inch Tear At The Lower Spine Tip And Sunning To The Spine.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041530
- Title
- The great bird illustrators and their art, 1730-1930
- Author
- Skipwith, Peyton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0894790447
- ISBN 13
- 9780894790447
- Publisher
- A & W Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 176
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Ornithologists - Biography; Ornithological Illustration - History; Birds - Pictorial Works. Illustration, Ornithology, Birds & Birdwatching
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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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...
- 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...
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