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The Birds of the Isle of Man
by Ralfe, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: David Douglas. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spots of staining to boards. Joints rubbed. 6mm loss of cloth at tips of corners of boards. Gutters split at hinges. Some foxing. Each of the maps has some foxing and an 80mm tear. ; This copy with piece of note paper with presentation inscription from the author posted to half-title page. The inscription reads: "Miss Catherine Hester Ralfe / from her affectionate nephew / P. G. Ralfe". lv, [1], 321, [1], [2 (advertisements)] pages + 50 illustrations on 48 plate leaves + 2 colour folding maps. Title leaf printed by photogravure. The maps are "Map of the Irish Sea" and "Map of the Isle of Man". Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 218 x 142mm. Top page edge gilt. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23743
- Title
- The Birds of the Isle of Man
- Author
- Ralfe, P. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Douglas
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1905
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Good+
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- First Edition
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