Oxford University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1940. No edition stated. 228 pages. Illustrated jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Map endpapers. Includes photographic plates. Upper text block edge green. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to heavily tanned pre title page. Several plates detached and a bit warped too. Text block edges heavily foxed and dusty. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Jacket is highly rubbed and marked overall. Price sticker to front flap. A few liquid droplet marks.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1651646314ADA
Title: Birds of the Grey Wind
Author: Edward A Armstrong
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1940

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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....