Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies: A Guide to All the Species of Birds Known from the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and Bahama Islands
by James Bond
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. First edition thus. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Allegedly, Ian Fleming used the author's name to christen his most famous character. With a coloured plate and line drawings by Earl Poole. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Small bookshop plate to front end-paper. Occasional pencil crosses to margins. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout. Binding is still reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends with fraying and a small split at the head. Moderate damp stain to rear. Some dust dulling to the front board long edge. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706694658ADA
- Title
- Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies: A Guide to All the Species of Birds Known from the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and Bahama Islands
- Author
- James Bond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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