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The Birds of Britain (Britain in Pictures series)
by Fisher, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: William Collins. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Audubon, J J L; Fusell, A; Thompson, J et al. Undated (1940s). 48pp, 12 colour plates, 26 illustrations in black and white. Blue paper-covered boards with white illustration and lettering to front and spine. 8vo. Spine ends rubbed with minor paper wear, corners rubbed and rounded, minor paper wear along bottom board edge. Slight foxing to text block edges. Very light foxing to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally neat clean bright and tight barring the occasional spotting. Dust jacket illustrated same as hard cover, sun-faded, minor closed tears, chipping along top edges, shelf wear. A beautifully illustrated book with 26 black and white illustrations and 12 coloured plates of the Birds of Britain.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014122
- Title
- The Birds of Britain (Britain in Pictures series)
- Author
- Fisher, James
- Illustrator
- Audubon, J J L; Fusell, A; Thompson, J et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Birds, Ornithology, Britain in Pictures series, Series Books
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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