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Egyptian Birds. For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley. With illustrations by the author.
by CHARLES WHYMPER
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Adam & Charles Black, London, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Royal 8vo. x, 221pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. Decorated cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. With a captioned tissue-protected colour frontispiece, 50 colour plates each with a captioned tissue-protector, and 11 line drawings in the text. The cloth soiled and a little rubbed, with some wear to the backstrip ends and the lower joint cracked but firm. The rear hinge cracked, and with some moisture staining to the endpapers margins. Edges lightly spotted, encroaching a fraction to the fore edge margins of occasional text leaves. Handsome Egyptian-style bookplate to the front pastedown. A good copy, with the magnificent plates all in super state..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ARC93624
- Title
- Egyptian Birds. For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley. With illustrations by the author.
- Author
- CHARLES WHYMPER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black, London
- Date Published
- 1909
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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