BIRDS OF SIBERIA: A Record of a Naturalist's Visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei
by Seebohm, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1901. 512 pp. Rebound in brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Ex-library w/ expected markings, and two small labels on spine. Illust. w/ several b/w text drawings, and a fold-out color map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 23680ANM
- Title
- BIRDS OF SIBERIA: A Record of a Naturalist's Visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei
- Author
- Seebohm, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- ANIMALS BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY NATURE WILD LIFE WILDLIFE TRAVEL DESCRIPTION WORLD HISTORY RUSSIA FEDERATION SIBERIA PETCHORA YENESEI EUROPE BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY SEEBOHM HENRY 1832 1895 NATURALISTS BRITISH BOTANISTS ORNITHOLOGISTS NATURAL HISTORY NONFICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Animals; Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Text Block
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- Edges
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Top Edge Gilt
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