British & American Game-Birds
by H.B.C. Pollard, Phyllis Barclay-Smith and Eugene V. Connett
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hanley Swan, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
U.S.A: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. Believed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9. Philip Rickman. 48pp, no inscriptions, colour plates by Philip Rickman are all present. with tissue guards in place. Wrapper is price clipped and slightly rubbed especially to spine however there are no tears or chipping. Wrapper is now in a removable clear protective sleeve. Boards are undamaged. Hinges are tight, no turned over page corners. Some spotting to front and rear prelims and last page of text also edges of text block, but none to rest of text or plates. Happy to supply photos on request. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK.
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- Bookseller
- Red-books ) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021507
- Title
- British & American Game-Birds
- Author
- H.B.C. Pollard, Phyllis Barclay-Smith and Eugene V. Connett
- Illustrator
- Philip Rickman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Believed First Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Hanley Swan, Worcestershire
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- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- 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...