Birds of America
by Pearson, T. Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (-)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1944 This is a Garden City 1944 reprint of the 1936 second edition (the original was published by The University Society in 1917). 106 full-page color plates by Fuertes. In three parts, each separately paginated. Condition notes: (xliv), 272 (Part I), 271 (Part II), and 289 (Part III) numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, text pp tanned, art pages fine, a bit loose; PO name inked to ffep. Cover: green, blindstamped geese in flight front, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems mildly worn, bottom corners bumped, a few sm lt stains, ghost of a dampstain back. Heavy.
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- Bookseller
- Independent Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036823
- Title
- Birds of America
- Author
- Pearson, T. Gilbert
- Illustrator
- Louis Agassiz Fuertes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (-)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Birds, nature, art
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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...
- 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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