The Charm of Birds
by Viscount Grey of Fallodon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder And Stoughton, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1927. Second Impression. 243 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to front and rear. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706256761ADA
- Title
- The Charm of Birds
- Author
- Viscount Grey of Fallodon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder And Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1927
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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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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...