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Birds in London
by Hudson, W. H
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. Study of wild bird life as it was then in London, based on the author's own observations; including a chapter on "The Cat Question". First edition, Wilson A(17). Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling & decoration. Light wear, spine shows a little rubbing; first & last couple of pages tanned; bookseller's (W.H. Smith & Son) embossed stamp on rear free endsheet. Text clean; xvi, 339 pages + 40 page publisher's catalog; index, brief bibliography, 17 b/w plates from drawings by Hook & McCormick, photos by Lodge; 15 illustrations within the text, as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bryan Hook, A. D. McCormick; R. B. Lodge. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0061
- Title
- Birds in London
- Author
- Hudson, W. H
- Illustrator
- Bryan Hook, A. D. McCormick; R. B. Lodge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Nature, Natural History, Ornithology, Avifauna
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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