British Birds [Four volumes with dustwrappers]
by Thorburn, Archibald
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Slightly worn and frayed
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans Green & Co. 1931 - 1935, New Edition. Four volumes, octavo, illustrated with 192 colour plates, some intermittent foxing internally but nowhere too offensive, pages slightly age-toned, each front endpaper has a name neatly cut from the upper corner, and all endpapers have slight sellotape residue markings; red cloth in very good condition with extremely bright gilt lettering on the spines, the dustwrappers are slightly worn and chipped but not price-clipped and each with the publisher's price sticker of 18/-. They are now protected in a removable clear cover. Volume I - the fore-edge is slightly marked. Volume II - a small marginal tear to page viii and a slight mark to the inner margin of page 116. Volume III - slightly more foxing than the other volumes. Volume IV -a slightly open hinge at pages 96/97. Overall a quite attractive set.. New Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn and frayed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018222
- Title
- British Birds [Four volumes with dustwrappers]
- Author
- Thorburn, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slightly worn and frayed
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology; Illustrators; Natural History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
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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...
- 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...
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