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AMONG THE BIRDS IN NORTHERN SHIRES
by Dixon, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1900. Book. Illus. by Whymper, Charles. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vi, 303; colour frontispiece by Whymper and forty further black and white illustrations also by Whymper. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, very good with a little rubbing and fading to spine. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight, fine spotting to the half title, endpapers unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036463
- Title
- AMONG THE BIRDS IN NORTHERN SHIRES
- Author
- Dixon, Charles
- Illustrator
- Whymper, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - British Regional Guides;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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