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The Birds Of The British Isles And Their Eggs
by T.A. Coward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd, 1941. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1941. Reprint. 412 pages. Dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Minor chip to front hinge. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and to panel edges. Moderate water staining to panels. Light rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705653033IEV
- Title
- The Birds Of The British Isles And Their Eggs
- Author
- T.A. Coward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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