London: Iliffe Books, 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A. T. Elwes.. Edition and printing of this 1898 edition not known. Ex library book. In good plus green cloth boards with image in green and gilt of bird and gilt titles to front and also to spine and to rear board; the spine has a number referring to when a library book. The boards are a little wobbly from cracked joint, flat and quite clean; spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. Tanned free end papers; faded library stamp and number sticker to front paste down. Gilt top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are age-toned. The text block is quite tight, straight and not tanned or foxed, very good condition and excellent for age. With lovely b/w illustrations by A. T. Elwes. No dedications etc. One more faded library stamp on a Prelim. Without jacket. Sound copy for age.

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Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 65367
Title: Wonders of the Bird World
Author: R. Bowdler Sharpe
Illustrator: A. T. Elwes.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Publisher: Iliffe Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1898
Pages: 399

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Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.

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